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napoleon (iou)



napoleon noun. Also Napoleon. E19.
[Forename of certain emperors of the French, esp. Napoleon I (Bonaparte) (1769-1821).]
A gold twenty-franc coin issued in the reign of the French emperor Napoleon I; a twenty-franc piece. E19.
double napoleon a forty-franc piece.
(Napoleon.) A person regarded as resembling Napoleon I, esp. in having gained supremacy through ruthless ambition. E19.
T. S. Eliot The Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
Hist. A kind of high boot. M19.
A kind of cannon. US. M19.
Cards. = NAP noun3 2. L19.
= MILLEFEUILLE. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
A large bigarreau cherry with a red skin and white flesh. Cf. Royal Ann(e) s.v. ROYAL adjective. E20.
(Usu. Napoleon.) In full Napoleon brandy. Brandy of supposed great age or special merit; a glass or variety of this. M20.
Napoleonism noun (a) the method of government practised by Napoleon I, spec. the assumption of absolute control over subject peoples or countries; (b) attachment to the policy or dynasty of the Napoleons; (c) conduct or behaviour resembling that of Napoleon I: E19.
Napoleonist noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent of Napoleon I or the Napoleonic dynasty; (b) adjective pertaining or attached to Napoleon: E19.
Napoleo'nistic adjective Napoleonic; of the nature or characteristic of Napoleonism: L19.
Napoleonize verb trans. govern in the style of Napoleon I E19.