Louis Napoleon
Americannoun
noun
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The client’s father called the area the grand boulevards, invoking Haussmann, the 19th-century French official who, in service of Louis Napoleon, remade Paris by razing slums and forcing out the poor.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
In the midst of the chaos, Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Louis Napoleon, successfully ran for president of the Republic, winning in large part because of the simple power of his name.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
No wonder the Victorians looked down their noses on referendums and plebiscites, the devices of such despots as Louis Napoleon, who was “elected” emperor of the French by universal male suffrage in 1852.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
Discussing his trip to Paris, he seemed to mix up Napoleon Bonaparte with Louis Napoleon, his nephew who ruled France 30 years later, or perhaps not to recognize that they were two different people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
David Ballantine, Louis Napoleon, and a group of other Vigilance Committee agents had set up a barricade with some shipping crates at the steam chimney and were taking potshots over the top.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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