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pompadour

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pompadour /ˈpɒmpədɔː/

▶noun a woman's hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll.

■ N. Amer. a men's hairstyle in which the hair is combed back from the forehead without a parting.

▶verb (usu. as adj. pompadoured) N. Amer. arrange (hair) in a pompadour.

– origin C19: named after Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV.

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