napoleonic
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4ADJ.
proposed
VERB + NAPOLEONIC
air
NAPOLEONIC + NOUN
era, nietzschean
PREP.
during
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleonic Wars
A half-burned cigar rolled between his mobile lips, he sat on the back of his neck, and yet he had an air Napoleonic; Nietzschean, it might better be said—although it is safe to assert that these moulders of American institutions knew little about that terrible philosopher who had raised his voice against the “slave morals of Christianity.”
Suffering from Napoleon complex.
Having to do with the Napoleonic Wars.
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4Napoleonic Wars
WiktionaryA half-burned cigar rolled between his mobile lips, he sat on the back of his neck, and yet he had an air Napoleonic; Nietzschean, it might better be said—although it is safe to assert that these moul
WiktionaryThis project, proposed during the Napoleonic era, is more expensive.
Tatoeba · #8328081The British captured the island in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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