Louis Napoleon

American  

[loo-ee, loo-is, lwee] / ˈlu i, ˈlu ɪs, lwi /

noun

1. Napoleon III.

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Louis Napoleon British  

noun

1. the original name of Napoleon III

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Example Sentences

Louis Napoleon poking a stick into the Prussian bear’s cage in 1870-1871.

From Los Angeles Times

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

A few moments later, the door creaked open and Louis Napoleon peeked out and looked around.

From Literature

Louis Napoleon had led them up a flight of stairs, down a corridor past a room alive with the thunk, hum, and tremble of a printing press, then up another flight and then another.

From Literature

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 Literature