pompadour
an arrangement of a man's hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead.
an arrangement of a woman's hair in which it is raised over the forehead in a roll, sometimes over a pad.
a pink or crimson color.
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
1Other definitions for Pompadour (2 of 2)
Marquise de Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles, 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
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How to use pompadour in a sentence
From hipsters to Mad Men to A Streetcar Named Desire to pompadours and victory rolls, nostalgic revivals are everywhere.
Soviet Communism’s Collapse Left America’s Far Right Without a Real Foe | Lee Siegel | April 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore the committee had its pompadours well under way the good old bulky doctor was bending over Marjorie's crib.
The Incubator Baby | Ellis Parker ButlerBoth ladies had really beautiful hair of a soft, gray color, which they wore rolled over high pompadours.
The Dorrance Domain | Carolyn WellsNevertheless, we are obliged to count these Pompadours of the village among the feminine population.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete | Honore de BalzacThe Pompadours of the world have only a brief reign, and at last become repulsive.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III | John Lord
Elfrida did not appear till late, when the room was filled with whirling harlequins and Pompadours and Swiss peasant maidens.
British Dictionary definitions for pompadour (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpɒmpəˌdʊə) /
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
1British Dictionary definitions for Pompadour (2 of 2)
/ (French pɔ̃padur) /
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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