Napoleonic
[nə,pəuli'ɔnik]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte; 'Napoleonic Wars' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I.
Editor: Ricky
Examples
- They must be humble or Napoleonic; there is no more service with privilege and pride. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here is the Napoleonic view of the political uses of Christ, a view that has tainted all French missions from that time forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One reads in vain through the monstrous accumulations of Napoleonic literature for a single record of self-forgetfulness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One or two, as we shall have to tell, became Napoleonic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a legend of a peasant who lived near Paris through the whole Napoleonic era without ever having heard of the name of Bonaparte. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One Napoleonic compliment, however, was enoughso I made up my mind to be of the party. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Early in the present century during the Napoleonic Wars, the rocket perfected by Sir William Congreve was used in the siege of Boulogne and in the battle of Leipsic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cultivation of the Napoleonic legend seems to offer a kind of refuge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was quite thin in those days, and his nose was very prominent, giving a Napoleonic look to his face, although the curious resemblance did not strike me at the time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Ricky