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1. (n.) pompadour
an arrangement of a man's hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead.
2. pompadour
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. pompadour
a pink or crimson color.
4. pompadour
any fabric, as cotton or silk, having a design of small pink, blue, and sometimes gold flowers or bouquets on a white background.
5. pompadour
a fabric of the color pompadour, used for garments.
Etymology: (1745–55; after the Marquise de Pompadour)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
2. (verb) pompadour
a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
3. (verb) pompadour
style women's hair in a pompadour
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1. (noun) pompadour
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
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