Definition of Napoleon III

1. Noun. Nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Napoleon III

Naphtali
Napier
Napier's bones
Napier's rods
Napierian
Napierian logarithm
Napierite
Napierites
Naples
Naples biscuit
Naples garlic
Naples yellow
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Napoleon III (current term)
Napoleonic
Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonist
Napoleonists
Napoleons
Napoli
Naprosyn
Napster
Naqua
Nar Phu
Nara
Nara period
Narail District
Naraka

Literary usage of Napoleon III

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"Napoleon III., the representative of the highest modern civilization, progress, and refinement; Abdul-Aziz, the representative of a people by nature and ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1909)
"Napoleon III thus abandoned the attempt to realise his promise to give the Italians "an Italy free to the shores of the Adriatic," and endeavoured, instead, ..."

3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Papers—Lord Palmerston leads the House—Social Amenities—Rancour of Northern Powers against England—Friendly Resolution of the Emperor Napoleon III. ..."

4. Modern Europe, 1815-1899 by Walter Alison Phillips (1903)
"CHAPTER XIV Napoleon III. AND THE CRIMEAN WAR, 1851-1856 Louis Napoleon and the ' Napoleonic Idea'—Electoral law of May 31, 1850 —Napoleon and the ..."

5. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Napoleon III justifies his intervention in Italy. monarchy; but if monarchy ... Napoleon III, in coming to the aid of the Italians, explained his motives to ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The works of Napoleon III, including those written before he became emperor, ... On Napoleon III and the Italian question, see bibliographies to ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the colossal statues of the 'Genius of Liberty* on the Column of July, made in 1840, and the statue of Napoleon III on the Column Vendome. ..."

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