Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Napoleon"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Napoleon \Na*po"le*on\, n. [From the Emperor Napoleon 1.]
A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Napoleon \Na*po"le*on\, n.
1. (Card Playing)
(a) A game in which each player holds five cards, the
eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid
to take, any subsequent player having the right to
overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder
naming the trump and winning a number of points equal
to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the
same number of points if he fails to make them.
(b) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is
ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are
allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five
tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.

2. A Napoleon gun.

3. A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.

4. A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Napoleon
n 1: French general who became Emperor of the French (1769-1821)
[syn: {Napoleon}, {Napoleon I}, {Napoleon Bonaparte}, {Bonaparte},
{the Little Corporal}]
2: a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and
filled with custard cream


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