marquise de pompadour

1. 1.

   French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)

   SynonymsPompadourJeanne Antoinette Poisson

   Broadermarchioness

Questions about marquise de pompadour

What does marquise de pompadour mean?

marquise de pompadour means "French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)".

What is another word for marquise de pompadour?

Close synonyms include Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marquise de pompadour a common word?

marquise de pompadour is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.