Napoleon


[nuh-poh-lee-uh n, -pohl-yuh n] /nəˈpoʊ li ən, -ˈpoʊl yən/

noun
1.
a pastry consisting of thin layers of puff paste interlaid with a cream or custard filling.
2.
a former gold coin of France, equal to 20 francs and bearing a portrait either of Napoleon I or of Napoleon III.
3.
Cards.

[nuh-poh-lee-uh n, -pohl-yuh n] /nəˈpoʊ li ən, -ˈpoʊl yən/
noun
1.
Louis
[loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), .
2.
a male given name.
noun
1.
(Napoleon Bonaparte”the Little Corporal”) 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
noun
1.
(François Charles Joseph Bonaparte; Duke of Reichstadt) 1811–32, titular king of Rome (son of Napoleon I).
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1.
(Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
[loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
/nəˈpəʊlɪən/
noun
1.
a former French gold coin worth 20 francs bearing a portrait of either Napoleon I or Napoleon III
2.
(cards) the full name for nap3 (sense 1)
3.
the US name for millefeuille
/nəˈpəʊlɪən/
noun
1.
full name Napoleon Bonaparte. 1769–1821, Emperor of the French (1804–15). He came to power as the result of a coup in 1799 and established an extensive European empire. A brilliant general, he defeated every European coalition against him until, irreparably weakened by the Peninsular War and the Russian campaign (1812), his armies were defeated at Leipzig (1813). He went into exile but escaped and ruled as emperor during the Hundred Days. He was finally defeated at Waterloo (1815). As an administrator, his achievements were of lasting significance and include the Code Napoléon, which remains the basis of French law
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1.
Duke of Reichstadt. 1811–32, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise. He was known as the King of Rome during the first French empire and was entitled Napoleon II by Bonapartists after Napoleon I’s death (1821)
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1.
full name Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, known as Louis-Napoleon. 1808–73, Emperor of the French (1852–70); nephew of Napoleon I. He led two abortive Bonapartist risings (1836; 1840) and was elected president of the Second Republic (1848), establishing the Second Empire in 1852. Originally successful in foreign affairs, he was deposed after the disastrous Franco-Prussian War

used in reference to various qualities and things associated with 19c. French emperors of that name, especially Napoleon I (Bonaparte) (1769-1821): e.g. a gold coin issued by his government and worth 20 francs. As a 12-pound artillery piece, in use in U.S. military from 1857 (in this case, from Napoleon III (1808-1873), under whose rule it was designed). As a type of boot, by 1860; as a card game, by 1876; as a type of rich cake, from 1892; as a type of good brandy, from 1930. The name also was applied by 1821 to anyone thought to have achieved domination in any field by ambition and ruthlessness. Napoleon complex in reference to aggressiveness by short people is attested by 1930. Related: Napoleonic.

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  • Napoleonic

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  • Napoleonic-code

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  • Napoleonic-wars

    plural noun 1. the intermittent wars (1796–1815) waged by France principally against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia. plural noun 1. the series of wars fought between France, under Napoleon Bonaparte, and (principally) Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria either alone or in alliances (1799–1815)


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