broadfaced

[ brawd-feyst ]

adjective

1. having a broad, wide face.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadfaced¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Plaintiff Anna Ware, broadfaced Pennsylvania servant girl, said she had been working for a couple in Newtown, Pa. when the man of the house got her into trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive

People who thought Harry Ford Sinclair would retire to the background when his company merged with Prairie Oil and became Consolidated Oil Corp. did not know what energy there is left in the 56-year-old, broadfaced, clamp-mouthed tycoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

A plump, broadfaced hausfrau sat quietly in the drawing room of the S. S. Belgenland as it lay in New York harbor last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In South Africa, the Hottentots, formerly a nomadic people, who wandered about with herds of cattle over the extensive plains of Kafirland, resembling in their manner of life the Tungusians and the Mongols, have also broadfaced, pyramidal skulls, and in many particulars of their organization resemble the Northern Asiatics.

From Project Gutenberg

The Ben to whom the mate alluded was a broadfaced Englishman, who had been the spokesman on the occasion when Gary had made known to the crew the object and destination of his voyage.

From Project Gutenberg