Napoleonic

[ nuh-poh-lee-on-ik ]

/ nəˌpoʊ liˈɒn ɪk /

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.

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Origin of Napoleonic

First recorded in 1860–65; Napoleon + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM Napoleonic

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

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Example sentences from the Web for 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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He went to the British Museum every day and he read books about the Napoleonic Wars.
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Germans who came of age in the early 1800s, he argued, were shaped by the Napoleonic wars.
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Hence the Napoleonic attempt to revive the old idea in a new form became a mere episode.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

In vain his Carpetbagger lieutenant congratulated him on the success of his Napoleonic move.
The Sins of the Father|Thomas Dixon
A strange falsity, a theatric insincerity, lay beneath all the Napoleonic sentiments and ideals.
The Ifs of History|Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
But he was not thinking of her as the Napoleonic enigma personified.
The Missourian|Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
They were handled, as Marbot said of his men in a Napoleonic battle, "like turnips."
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British Dictionary definitions for napoleonic

Napoleonic

/ (nəˌpəʊlɪˈɒnɪk) /

adjective

relating to or characteristic of Napoleon I or his era

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