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Pompadour
Pompadour Pom"pa*dour, n. 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.

Meaning of Pompadours from wikipedia

- The Pompadours, a nickname for the 56th (West Es****) Regiment of Foot A shade of pink A type of fabric produced by warp printing Madame Pompadour (disambiguation)...
- bands, and Elvis Presley impersonators. Celebrities known for wearing pompadours during the 1950s and 1960s include Little Richard and Afghanistan's Ahmad...
- 1755 to 1881, was nicknamed "The Pompadours", as the purple facing of the regiment's uniform was allegedly Pompadour's favourite colour. Some soldiers...
- centuries went by, the suzerainty of the Pompadours spread to all the adjoining parishes. Geoffroi Hélie de Pompadour extended the castle in the 15th century...
- Pompadour Bluff is a summit in the U.S. state of Oregon. The elevation is 2,306 feet (703 m). Pompadour Bluff was so named for a fancied resemblance to...
- The pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. This species lives in the Amazonian rainforest and has a range...
- Pompadour at Her Toilette is an oil-on-canvas painting by François Boucher from 1750 (with later additions) depicting Madame de Pompadour, the mistress...
- Pompadour is a railway station in Arnac-Pompadour, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Nexon - Brive railway line. The station is...
- Look up pompadour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764) was a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress...
- A Caprice of Pompadour (French: Un caprice de la Pompadour) is a 1931 French historical musical film directed by Joë Hamman and Willi Wolff and starring...