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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun napoleon has 3 senses
- napoleon(n = noun.person) bonaparte, little corporal, napoleon bonaparte, napoleon i - French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821); is a kind of emperor, full general, general
- napoleon(n = noun.food) - a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream; is a kind of french pastry
- napoleon(n = noun.act) nap - a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes; is a kind of card game, cards
Derived form adjective napoleonic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
napoleon,
Napoleon Bonaparte (or Buonaparte), Born at Ajaccio, Corsica, Aug. 15, 1766 , or, according to some, at Corte, Jan. 7, 1768 ; died at Longwood, St. Helena, May 5, 1821 . Emperor of the French 1804-14.
"The spelling Buonaparte was used by Napoleon's father, and by Napoleon himself down to 1796, although the spelling Bonaparte occurs in early Italian documents.
Aug. 15, 1769, is the commonly accepted date of Napoleon's birth, and Jan. 7, 1768 that of the birth of his brother Joseph. It has been said, but without good reason, that these dates were interchanged at the time of Napoleon's admission to the military school of Brienne in 1779, no candidate being eligible after 10 years of age." Century Dict. 1906
Aug. 15, 1769, is the commonly accepted date of Napoleon's birth, and Jan. 7, 1768 that of the birth of his brother Joseph. It has been said, but without good reason, that these dates were interchanged at the time of Napoleon's admission to the military school of Brienne in 1779, no candidate being eligible after 10 years of age." Century Dict. 1906
napoleon, n. [From the Emperor Napoleon 1.].
- A French gold coin of twenty francs, no longer minted or circulated. It bore the portrait of
Napoleon I. orNapoleon III. [1913 Webster] - 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A Napoleon gun. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a puff pastry confection, usually layered, with a filling of custard or cream, or sometimes jelly. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
napoleon, n.
1 hist. a gold twenty-franc piece minted in the reign of Napoleon I.
2 hist. a 19th-c. high boot.
3 = NAP(3).
4 US = MILLEFEUILLE.
1 hist. a gold twenty-franc piece minted in the reign of Napoleon I.
2 hist. a 19th-c. high boot.
3 = NAP(3).
4 US = MILLEFEUILLE.
Idiom
double napoleon hist. a forty-franc piece.
Etymology
F napol{eacute}on f. Napol{eacute}on, name of 19th-c. French emperors