pompadour

Meanings

Noun

• A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
• A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
• A crimson or pink colour.
• A corsage with low square neck.
• A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
• A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.

Verb

• To style hair into a pompadour

Related

Similar words

• do, ducktail, quiff

Origin

• From French Pompadour, after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), mistress of Louis XV.