Napoleonic

[nuh-poh-lee-on-ik]

adjective

pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.

Origin of Napoleonic

First recorded in 1860–65; Napoleon + -ic

Related formsNa·po·le·on·i·cal·ly, adverbpost-Na·po·le·on·ic, adjectivepre-Na·po·le·on·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for napoleonic

Contemporary Examples of napoleonic

Napoleonic land warfare, like the wars of Greece and Rome, moved at walking pace, from the raising of forces to the day of battle.
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Bill Sweetman
September 2, 2014
He went to the British Museum every day and he read books about the Napoleonic Wars.
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Lloyd Grove
November 11, 2013
Germans who came of age in the early 1800s, he argued, were shaped by the Napoleonic wars.
The Rise of the New New Left
Peter Beinart
September 12, 2013

Historical Examples of napoleonic

Probably she has the whole thing settled in her Napoleonic mind.
The Green Satin Gown
Laura E. Richards
The war is assuming a phase very like that of the Napoleonic struggles.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Paul Jones.
I had heard in my boyhood a good deal of the great Napoleonic legend.
A Set of Six
Joseph Conrad
In appearance it roughly resembled a mighty Napoleonic nose.
The Right Stuff
Ian Hay
A New Simplon and a peaceful Napoleonic mind will accomplish this.
Canada and the Canadians
Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

British Dictionary definitions for napoleonic

Napoleonic

adjective

relating to or characteristic of Napoleon I or his era

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