pompadour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pompadour	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pompadour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pompadour n French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) Synonym(s): Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead v style women's hair in a pompadour
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pompadour \Pom"padour\, 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.