NOUN
- French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
How To Use Marquise de Pompadour In A Sentence
- Installed at Versailles in 1745, she was ennobled as Marquise de Pompadour, and for 20 years swayed state policy, appointing her own favourites.
- On September 14th as Marquise de Pompadour she was formally presented at court.
- Within four months the king made her marquise de Pompadour and pensioned her husband off to farm in the country.