Definition of Napoleons

1. Noun. (plural of Napoleon) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of napoleon) ¹

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Definition of Napoleons

1. napoleon [n] - See also: napoleon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Napoleons

naphthyridines
naphtol
naphtols
napier
napier's rods
napiform
naping
napkin
napkin rash
napkin ring
napkined
napkinless
napkinned
napkins
napless
napoleons
napoo
napooed
napooing
napoos
nappa
nappas
nappe
napped
napper
nappers
nappes
nappie
nappier
nappies

Literary usage of Napoleons

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

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"At quarter past nine o'clock AM, Captain Miller's battery of four Napoleons was ordered from its original position to a point to the left of the main road, ..."

2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1821)
"Do you mean to say, that those two Napoleons a day are paid for your expenses ? T do not know, ... Has any promise been made to allow you two Napoleons a ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Napoleons plans. troops were the weakest element in Wellington's army; all the old soldiers were men who had served as conscripts under Napoleon ; the rest ..."

4. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... old passion reawakened—Italian shells and mediaeval sea-anemones—If you were in the Garden of Eden—An umbrella full of napoleons—Was Byron an Esquimau? ..."

5. Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon by Hermann Julius Meyer (1902)
"Napoleons zurückschlug. Von 1817-22 war er Befehlshaber der Truppen in Malta. 1824—31 Lord- Oberkommissar auf den Ionischen Inseln. ..."

6. Faith-healing: Christian Science and Kindred Phenomena by James Monroe Buckley (1892)
"... found by me in an Italian paper while Louis Napoleon was in prison at Wilhelmshöhe. THE LETTER M AND THE Napoleons ..."

7. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Napoleons. Bake three sheets of pastry, pricking hefore baking. Put between the sheets Cream Filling; spread top with Confectioners' Frosting, ..."

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