pompadour

[ pom-puh-dawr, -dohr, -door ]
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noun
  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 in a roll, sometimes over a pad.

  1. a pink or crimson color.

  2. Textiles.

    • any fabric, as cotton or silk, having a design of small pink, blue, and sometimes gold flowers or bouquets on a white background.

    • a fabric of the color pompadour, used for garments.

Origin of pompadour

1
First recorded in 1745–55; named after the Marquise de Pompadour

Other definitions for Pompadour (2 of 2)

Pompadour
[ pom-puh-dawr, -dohr, -door; French pawn-pa-door ]

noun
  1. Marquise de Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles, 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.

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British Dictionary definitions for pompadour (1 of 2)

pompadour

/ (ˈpɒmpəˌdʊə) /


noun
  1. an early 18th-century hairstyle for women, having the front hair arranged over a pad to give it greater height and bulk

Origin of pompadour

1
C18: named after the Marquise de Pompadour, who originated it

British Dictionary definitions for Pompadour (2 of 2)

Pompadour

/ (French pɔ̃padur) /


noun
  1. Marquise de, title of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France (1745–64), whom she greatly influenced

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