| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pompadour |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pom·pa·dour |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p m p -dôr , -d r |
| NOUN: | 1. A woman's hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll. 2. A man's hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After the Marquise de Pompadour.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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