pompadour

A woman’s hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll.

A man’s hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead.

A head-dress worn by women about the middle of the eighteenth century; also, a mode of dressing the hair by rolling it off the forehead over a cushion, later in use.

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.

A woman’s hairstyle.

A man’s hairstyle of the 1950s.

A crimson or pink colour.

To style hair into a pompadour

style women’s hair in a pompadour

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