NAPOLEON

Napoleon, nap

(noun) a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

napoleon

(noun) a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream

Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal

(noun) French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte.

A male given name from Italian sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.

A city, the county seat of Henry County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in Michigan.

A city, the county seat of Logan County, North Dakota.

A town in Indiana.

A city in Missouri.

A village in Silesia, Poland.

An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

An unincorporated community in Mississippi.

A ghost town in Arkansas.

Noun

Napoleon (plural Napoleons)

Alternative form of napoleon

Etymology

Noun

napoleon (plural napoleons)

(historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon.

(historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.

(usually admiringly pejorative) A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to dominate an area or sphere of activity through ruthlessness or illegality as well as surpassing ability.

(historical weaponry) Clipping of Napoleon gun: a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.

(card games, uncountable) A 19th-century five-card trick-taking game simplified from euchre.

(card games, uncountable) Clipping of double napoleon: a form of patience.

(rare UK horse racing slang, obsolete) Alternative form of nap: a horse to go nap on, a sure thing, a certain winner; a prediction of such a horse; a bet on such a horse.

Clipping of Napoleon bigarreau: a variety of the white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a variety of cherry tree bearing such fruit.

(food, originally US slang) Clipping of Napoleon cake: another name for a millefeuille pastry.

(alcohol, rare) Clipping of Napoleon brandy: any excellent brandy; a serving of such a brandy.

(pastries) A multi-layered stacked pastry