Bonapartist
[boh-nuh-pahr-tist]
- an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
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Bonapartism now, for the first time, made its entry into the yellow drawing-room.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
The cabals continue; but later, on the overthrow of Bonapartism, he is actually raised to the episcopate.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2George Saintsbury
His volume on Bonapartism was a study of the chief political opponent of Prussian supremacy.
German Problems and PersonalitiesCharles Sarolea
They had talked quite freely before him, consulted with him when local Bonapartism appeared uncomfortably rampant.
The Bronze EagleEmmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The Radicals, always upon the scent of Bonapartism, have made much ado about the presence of that personage.
History of the Commune of 1871P. Lissagary
Bonapartism
- a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- (esp in France) support for the government or dynasty of Napoleon Bonaparte
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