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napoleon
/nəˈpəʊ.li.ən/
noun 6name 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
afraid, black, english, feared, guided, known, last, left
VERB + NAPOLEON
battle, called
NAPOLEON + NOUN
armies, bonaparte, crime, europe, exile, france, iii, man
PREP.
in
Definitions
name
1
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader.
2
A male given name from Italian sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.
3
A village in Silesia, Poland.
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of napoleon.
He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.
He [William McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.
noun
1
The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.
2
Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.
We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France.
3
A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability.
He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.
He [sc. McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.
4
Clipping of Napoleon boot, a form of topboot worn by officers during the Napoleonic Wars.
Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.
5
Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.
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Example Bank
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He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.
Wiktionary02
He [William McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.
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Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.
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We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France.
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He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher,
Wiktionary06
He [sc. McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.
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