Napoleonic Wars

American  

plural noun

1. the intermittent wars (1796–1815) waged by France principally against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.

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Napoleonic Wars British  

plural noun

1. the series of wars fought between France, under Napoleon Bonaparte, and (principally) Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria either alone or in alliances (1799–1815)

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Example Sentences

Even before World War I and II, war had ravaged the European continent, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Franco-Prussian War.

From The Wall Street Journal

The great struggles of the past, he points out, were primarily coalition wars—the Napoleonic Wars, for example, and the two world wars.

From The Wall Street Journal

The British imperial age emerged from the cataclysmic Napoleonic Wars that unleashed the transformative power of England’s innovations in industry and global finance.

From Salon

In terms of the number of troops in its regular forces, the British Army is now at its smallest size since the time of the Napoleonic Wars two centuries ago.

From BBC

Most accounts of the Rothschilds’ wealth trace its origins to a decision to finance the British military in the Napoleonic Wars.

From New York Times