Marquise de Pompadour

Definitions of Marquise de Pompadour
  1. noun
    French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
    synonyms: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Pompadour
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    example of:
    marchioness, marquise
    a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
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