pompadour Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
    Marquise de Pompadour; Jeanne Antoinette Poisson.
  2. noun a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
  3. verb style women's hair in a pompadour

WordNet

Pom"pa*dour noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913