Pompadour (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
Synonyms:
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson; Marquise de Pompadour; Pompadour
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
marchioness; marquise (a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess)
II. (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)