Little Corporal

American  

noun

1. epithet of Napoleon I.

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Little Corporal British  

noun

1. a nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Example Sentences

A local innkeeper cooked him such a scrumptious scramble that the next day, the Little Corporal requested that all the eggs in the village be gathered and made into a whopping omelet for his soldiers.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

"The Six Thatchers," the first episode of the new season, is partly based on Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," with busts of Britain's Iron Lady replacing those of France's Little Corporal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2016

But not even the Duke of Wellington, who was born in the same year as Napoleon, nor George Washington have ever attained that universality of fame which belongs to the Little Corporal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "Little Corporal" has come back; and many people inside and outside of Russia wondered if it was to be a Waterloo or an Austerlitz.

From Time Magazine Archive

At its head rode a familiar figure, the Little Corporal, with shoulders stooped, as though bending toward his horse's mane.

From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)