napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader.

A male given name from Italian sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.

A village in Silesia, Poland.

A number of places in the United States:

A number of places in the United States:

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.

The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.

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.

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.

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.

Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.