napoleon
/nəˈpoʊli.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader.
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Example Sentences
- "He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson."
- "He [William McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance."
- "Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump."
- "I recall floating my blimp-like self down to the ladies’ room for what was my ninth or tenth visit when I was offered a beautiful slice of pastry—a Napoleon—by a passing waiter. […] By the time I returned to my table, there were no beautiful, fluffy, shiny little slices of Napoleon left. All gone."
- "We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France."
- "He [sc. James Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city [sc. London]. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nəˈpoʊli.ən/
- British English: /nəˈpəʊlɪən/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Slang
- Obsolete
- British usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.