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NAPOLEON III
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• NAPOLEON III (noun)
The noun NAPOLEON III has 1 sense:
1. nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)
Familiarity information: NAPOLEON III used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; Emperor Napoleon III; Napoleon III
Instance hypernyms:
emperor (the male ruler of an empire)
Context examples
Something there was of Napoleon III., something of Don Quixote, and yet again something which was the essence of the English country gentleman, the keen, alert, open-air lover of dogs and of horses.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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