Napoleon Bonaparte

1. A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bonaparte rose swiftly through the ranks of army and government during and after the French Revolution and crowned himself emperor in 1804. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia . After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo , he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean .

Notes

Because Napoleon was short, overly aggressive men of short stature are sometimes said to have a “Napoleon complex.”

Napoleon's name is often connected with overreaching military ambition and delusions of grandeur.

Example Sentences

And nobody personifies the great man view of history better than Napoleon Bonaparte.

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It was Napoleon Bonaparte, more than 200 years ago, who quipped that an Army marches on its stomach.

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To open her chapter on the role that children play in marriage, Blyth quotes Napoleon Bonaparte.

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In their play the older children were in the habit of frightening the others with the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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It is difficult to say anything new about Napoleon Bonaparte, either in reference to his genius, his character, or his deeds.

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Napoleon Bonaparte, though by no means fond of Soult, was quick to detect his great talents as a soldier.

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"It 's Napoleon Bonaparte; don't joggle," said his father, running a brush steadily along the water-line.

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We have shown that the great Napoleon Bonaparte was superstitious in the highest degree; and so was his mother before him.

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