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pompadour

pompadour

2 definitions found for pompadour

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pompadour \Pom"pa*dour\, n.
     A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and
     square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by
     drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so
     called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also
     much used adjectively.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  Pompadour
      n 1: French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose
           policies she influenced (1721-1764) [syn: Pompadour,
           Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson]
      2: a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the
         forehead
      v 1: style women's hair in a pompadour