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POMPADOUR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

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:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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