Pompadour

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pompadour
       n 1: French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose
            policies she influenced (1721-1764) [syn: {Marquise de
            Pompdour}, {Jeanne Antoinette Poisson}]
       2: a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the
          forehead
       v : style women's hair in a pompadour