English dictionary

Pompadour

/'p/A/mp/@/,d/oU/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.person

Synonyms jeanne antoinette poisson marquise de pompadour

Source: WordNet 3.0
a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead

noun.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>Pompadour</i> of France. Also much used adjectively.

noun

Source: webster1913