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noun
1.
a pastry consisting of thin layers of puff paste interlaid with a cream or custard filling.
2.
a former gold coin of France, equal to 20 francs and bearing a portrait either of Napoleon I or of Napoleon III.
3.
Cards.
a.
a game in which the players bid for the privilege of naming the trump, stating the number of tricks they propose to win.
b.
a bid in this game to take all five tricks of a hand.
Origin:
1805–15; < French napoléon
1805–15; < French napoléon
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Napoleon
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Napoleon I
noun
(Napoleon Bonaparte; “the Little Corporal”), 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
Napoleon II
noun
(François Charles Joseph Bonaparte; Duke of Reichstadt), 1811–32, titular king of Rome (son of Napoleon I).
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| napoleon (nəˈpəʊlɪən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a former French gold coin worth 20 francs bearing a portrait of either Napoleon I or Napoleon III |
| 2. | cards the full name for nap |
| 3. | the US name for millefeuille |
| [C19: from French napoléon, after | |
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