'Pompadour' definitions:
Definition of 'Pompadour'
(from WordNet)
noun
French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) [syn: Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson]
noun
A hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
verb
Style women's hair in a pompadour
Definition of 'Pompadour'
From: GCIDE
- Pompadour \Pom"pa*dour\, n. 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. [1913 Webster]