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pompadour Definition

pom·pa·dour (päm′pə dôr′)

noun

  1. a woman's hairdo in which the hair is swept up high from the forehead, usually over a roll
  2. ☆ a man's hairdo in which the hair is brushed up high from the forehead

Etymology: after Marquise de Pompadour

Pompadour Definition

Pom·pa·dour (päm′pə dôr′, -do̵̅o̅r′; Fr pōn pȧ do̵̅o̅r′)

Pompadour, Marquise de (born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson) 1721-64; mistress of Louis XV