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napier
1[ney-pee-er]
Napier
2[ney-pee-er, nuh-peer]
noun
Sir Charles James, 1782–1853, British general.
John, 1550–1617, Scottish mathematician: inventor of logarithms. Also Neper
Robert Cornelis 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, 1810–90, English field marshal.
former name of Napier-Hastings.
Napier
1/ ˈԱɪɪə /
noun
Sir Charles James. 1782–1853, British general and colonial administrator: conquered Sind (1843): governor of Sind (1843–47)
John. 1550–1617, Scottish mathematician: invented logarithms and pioneered the decimal notation used today
Robert ( Cornelis ), 1st Baron Napier of Magdala. 1810–90, British field marshal, who commanded in India during the Sikh Wars (1845, 1848–49) and the Indian Mutiny (1857–59). He captured Magdala (1868) while rescuing British diplomats from Ethiopia
Napier
2/ ˈԱɪɪə /
noun
a port in New Zealand, on E North Island on Hawke Bay: wool trade centre. Pop: 56 100 (2004 est)
Example Sentences
LSG was then hired by Marten's father, Napier Marten, to engineer a meeting in a café.
The accommodation chain has responsibility for 51 hotels across England and Wales as well as Napier Barracks, a facility in Kent housing people waiting for asylum decisions which is due to close in September.
Avon and Somerset Police said the family had been updated after the body was found by officers searching the River Frome in the Napier Road area of Eastville at 18:00 BST on Monday.
Avon and Somerset Police said a body was discovered by a dive team which was searching the River Frome in the Napier Road area of Eastville at 18:00 BST on Monday.
During the trial, Wilson, of Napier Road, Leytonstone, east London, claimed he acted in self-defence, telling jurors: "I just regret that somebody's life was taken while I was trying to defend mine."
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