POMPADOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pompadour mean? 

• POMPADOUR (noun)
  The noun POMPADOUR has 2 senses:

1. French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)

2. a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead

  Familiarity information: POMPADOUR used as a noun is rare.

• POMPADOUR (verb)
  The verb POMPADOUR has 1 sense:

1. style women's hair in a pompadour

  Familiarity information: POMPADOUR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POMPADOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson; Marquise de Pompadour; Pompadour

Instance hypernyms:

marchioness; marquise (a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pompadour" is a kind of...):

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

Derivation:

pompadour (style women's hair in a pompadour)

• POMPADOUR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Style women's hair in a pompadour

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "pompadour" is one way to...):

style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pompadour (a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead)

 Context examples 

"I adore it!" exclaimed Daisy. "The pompadour! You never told me you had a pompadour—or a yacht."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)