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Definitions for pompadour
ˈpɒm pəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊərpom·padour

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poissonnoun

    French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)

  2. pompadourverb

    a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead

  3. pompadourverb

    style women's hair in a pompadour

Wiktionary

  1. pompadournoun

    A woman's hairstyle, named after Madame de Pompadour.

  2. pompadournoun

    A man's hairstyle of the 1950s

  3. pompadourverb

    To style hair into a pompadour

  4. Etymology: Eponym: After Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764), mistress of w:Louis XV.

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  1. pompadour

    A pompadour is a hairstyle in which the hair is combed up from the forehead in a high, rounded prominence, often swept back on the sides and at the rear. It is named after Madame de Pompadour, a mistress of King Louis XV of France. It has variations for both men and women and became popular in the 1950s, particularly among male celebrities like Elvis Presley.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pompadournoun

    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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pompadour

    pom′pa-dōōr, n. an 18th-century head-dress, a fashion of dressing women's hair by brushing it up from the forehead and rolling it over a cushion: a corsage with low square neck: a pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers pink, blue, and gold. [Marquise de Pompadour, 1721-64.]

Etymology and Origins

  1. Pompadour

    Both the puce colour and the dress material of this name were first popularised by Madame le Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pompadour in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pompadour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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