pompadour
noun
pom·pa·dour
ˈpäm-pə-ˌdȯr 
1
a
: a man's style of hairdressing in which the hair is combed into a high mound in front
b
: a woman's style of hairdressing in which the hair is brushed into a loose full roll around the face
2
: hair dressed in a pompadour
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By the 2000s, her bold lip remained, however her short hair (which saw shapes like pompadours and bobs) grew into her slick-back era.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Johansen started over with a NYC lounge act as Buster Poindexter, crooning R&B oldies in a tux and pompadour.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Johanson released six solo albums through 1984’s Sweet Revenge, then changed personas, sported a pompadour and sang standards for the 1987 album Buster Poindexter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Kip Williams adapts and directs a live-feed-video-heavy production that began its life at Sydney Theatre Company, and Snook wears one hell of a blonde pompadour as, among other characters, the superfox whose horrible aging portrait is locked away in an attic.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Johansen started over with a NYC lounge act as Buster Poindexter, crooning R&B oldies in a tux and pompadour.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Johanson released six solo albums through 1984’s Sweet Revenge, then changed personas, sported a pompadour and sang standards for the 1987 album Buster Poindexter.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Kip Williams adapts and directs a live-feed-video-heavy production that began its life at Sydney Theatre Company, and Snook wears one hell of a blonde pompadour as, among other characters, the superfox whose horrible aging portrait is locked away in an attic.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Pompadour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pompadour. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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pompadour
noun
pom·pa·dour
ˈpäm-pə-ˌdō(ə)r
-ˌdȯ(ə)r
: a hairdo in which the hair is combed high over the forehead
also
: hair dressed in this style
Biographical Definition
Pompadour
biographical name
Pom·pa·dour
ˈpäm-pə-ˌdȯr
-ˌdu̇r
Madame de 1721–1764 Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson; mistress of Louis XV
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