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# napoleon

noun (Napoleon, a name; a napoleon — a pastry; a napoleon — an old French gold coin)

«napoleon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#m1)
2. A napoleon is a layered pastry with cream filling, also called a mille-feuille or vanilla slice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#m2)
3. A napoleon was an old French gold coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons Napoleon is studied as a brilliant and ambitious leader whose wars changed Europe; he lost in Russia in winter and finally at Waterloo against Britain and Prussia, and was sent to the island of St Helena. He also made a famous set of laws, the Napoleonic Code. In stories, a «Napoleon» is a bossy, power-hungry person; in «Animal Farm», Napoleon is the pig who becomes a tyrant. Phrases: «the Napoleonic Wars», «a Napoleon complex».

### Examples

- Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x1)
- Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x2)
- Napoleon's army retreated from Russia in the freezing winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x3)
- The Napoleonic Wars lasted many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x4)
- In «Animal Farm», Napoleon is a pig who takes over the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x5)
- For pudding we had a napoleon with layers of pastry and cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x6)
- Napoleon was sent away to the island of St Helena. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/#x7)

### Note

Capital N for the person. Myth: Napoleon was not especially short; he was about average height for his time, and British cartoons made fun of him as tiny. «A Napoleon complex» is a popular, not scientific, idea that short people act bossy to make up for it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «napoleon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«napoleon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/napoleon.html) on Mova free.