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pompadours

pompadours is the plural of pompadour.

Meaning of pompadour

Noun

pompadour (plural pompadours)

  1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
  2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
    • Squat and perspiring, with a low pompadour and a thin black mustache, he was inevitably disheveled by evening.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 17
    Synonyms:
    do, ducktail, quiff
  3. A crimson or pink colour.
    • […] head, neck, and whole under parts fine but very deep crimson or pompadour-colour […]1812, George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves, page 409
  4. A corsage with low square neck.
  5. A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
  6. (UK, historical, slang) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.

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Questions about pompadours

What is pompadours the plural of?
Pompadours is the plural of pompadour.

Words near pompadours in the dictionary

  1. pompadour
  2. pompadour fish
  3. pompadour fishes
  4. pompadoured
  5. pompadouring
  6. pompadours
  7. pompano
  8. Pompano Beach
  9. pompanoes
  10. pompanos
  11. Pompapiel

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