Pom·pa·dour (p m p -dôr , -d r, -d r, pô -pä-d r), Marquise de. Title of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. 1721-1764. The lover of Louis XV of France. She was blamed for establishing France's alliance with Austria, which led to the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). |
| pom·pa·dour (pmp-dôr, -dr) n. 1. A woman's hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll. 2. A man's hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead. [After the Marquise de Pompadour.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  Pompadour - French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) |
| 2. | pompadour - a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | |
| Verb | 1. | pompadour - style women's hair in a pompadour style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" |
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