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Definition of Napoleon

1. Noun. French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821).

2. Noun. A rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream.

3. Noun. A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes.

Definition of Napoleon

1. n. A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

2. n. A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them.

Definition of Napoleon

1. Proper noun. Napoleon Bonaparte. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Italian male given name) sometimes given in honor of the French emperor. ¹

3. Noun. A twenty-franc gold coin, once used in France ¹

4. Noun. The foremost authority or leader in a given field ¹

5. Noun. The card game (term nap) ¹

6. Noun. a gold coin worth twenty francs issued by Napoleon I; a twenty-franc coin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Napoleon

1. a type of pastry [n -S] - See also: pastry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Napoleon

Napaea dioica Napea Naperian Naphtali Napier Napier's bones Napier's rods Napierian Napierian logarithm Napierite

Napierites Naples Naples biscuit Naples garlic Naples yellow Napoleon (current term) Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I Napoleon III Napoleonic

Napoleonic Wars Napoleonist Napoleonists Napoleons Napoli Naprosyn Napster Naqua Nar Phu Nara

Literary usage of Napoleon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal Farm: A Fairy Storyby George Orwell by George Orwell (1996)
" This edition is being published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of its original U.S. publication."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"Napoleon BONAPARTE. BY JOHN SC ABBOTT ¥E have not deemed it necessary to encumber these pages by referring to authorities to establish facts which are ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In July Napoleon sent Cardinals Spina and Caselli to Savona, but they obtained ... Going one step further, Napoleon removed Maury from the See of Mon- ..."

4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... plenipotentiaries are sent to negociate peace —Interview between Fouche and M. de Vitrolles—Interview between Napoleon and Benjamin Constant—Advice of ..."

5. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"Napoleon Napoleon Napoleon was born in the year 1769, the third son of Carlo Maria ... During the first twenty years of his life, young Napoleon was a ..."

6. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"(She birched her sons; on one occasion she birched Napoleon when he was sixteen.) There were numerous brothers and sisters, and the family pursued the ..."

7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1906)
"In vain, then, did Napoleon point out to the Tsar in successive interviews ... Repulsed on this side, Napoleon refused to listen to Alexander's pleadings on ..."

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