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Napoleonic

[nuh-poh-lee-on-ik]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty.

    the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.



Napoleonic

/ əˌəʊɪˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of Napoleon I or his era

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Napoleonically adverb
  • post-Napoleonic adjective
  • pre-Napoleonic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Napoleonic1

First recorded in 1860–65; Napoleon + -ic
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Example Sentences

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The dish was born of French influence, tweaked during the Napoleonic invasion with water in place of milk and olive oil instead of butter.

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Now it is at its smallest since the Napoleonic wars, at just over 70,000.

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Still, because Priebus may be right that Trump was motivated chiefly by boredom, it’s impossible to be confident of the intent of his Napoleonic statement.

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The British imperial age emerged from the cataclysmic Napoleonic Wars that unleashed the transformative power of England’s innovations in industry and global finance.

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Their bandits aren’t limited to brief touchdowns in ancient Greece, the Napoleonic era and the Titanic.

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