pompadour

Pom·pa·dour

P0434800 (pŏm′pə-dôr′, -do͝or′, pôN-pä-do͞or′), Marquise de Title of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. 1721-1764. Mistress of Louis XV of France. She was a patron of the arts and exercised considerable political influence at court.

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pom·pa·dour

P0434800 (pŏm′pə-dôr′)n.1. A hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll, sometimes using a rat.2. A hairstyle with the hair brushed back from the forehead to stand straight up without parting.

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[After the Marquise de Pompadour.]

pompadour

(ˈpɒmpəˌdʊə) n (Hairdressing & Grooming) an early 18th-century hairstyle for women, having the front hair arranged over a pad to give it greater height and bulk[C18: named after the Marquise de Pompadour, who originated it]

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Pompadour

(French pɔ̃padur) n (Biography) Marquise de, title of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France (1745–64), whom she greatly influenced

pom•pa•dour

(ˈpɒm pəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər)

n. 1. an arrangement of a man's hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead. 2. an arrangement of a woman's hair in which it is raised over the forehead and often the temples in a roll, sometimes over a pad. 3. a pink or crimson color. 4. a. any fabric, as cotton or silk, having a design of small pink, blue, and sometimes gold flowers or bouquets on a white background. b. a fabric of the color pompadour, used for garments. [1745–55; after the Marquise de Pompadour] pom′pa•doured`, adj.

Pom•pa•dour

(ˈpɒm pəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər)

n. Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson), 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV.

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Noun	1.	Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
	2.	pompadour - a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the foreheadcoif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb	1.	pompadour - style women's hair in a pompadourstyle - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress"

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