napoleon

«napoleon» in Mova's school dictionary: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Napoleon, a name; a napoleon — a pastry; a napoleon — an old French gold coin)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. tree →

2) A napoleon is a layered pastry with cream filling, also called a mille-feuille or vanilla slice. tree →

3) A napoleon was an old French gold coin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons Napoleon is studied as a brilliant and ambitious leader whose wars changed Europe; he lost in Russia in winter and finally at Waterloo against Britain and Prussia, and was sent to the island of St Helena. He also made a famous set of laws, the Napoleonic Code. In stories, a «Napoleon» is a bossy, power-hungry person; in «Animal Farm», Napoleon is the pig who becomes a tyrant. Phrases: «the Napoleonic Wars», «a Napoleon complex».

examples

• Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. tree →
• Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France. tree →
• Napoleon's army retreated from Russia in the freezing winter. tree →
• The Napoleonic Wars lasted many years. tree →
• In «Animal Farm», Napoleon is a pig who takes over the farm. tree →
• For pudding we had a napoleon with layers of pastry and cream. tree →
• Napoleon was sent away to the island of St Helena. tree →

note

Capital N for the person. Myth: Napoleon was not especially short; he was about average height for his time, and British cartoons made fun of him as tiny. «A Napoleon complex» is a popular, not scientific, idea that short people act bossy to make up for it.

In the corpora

• The Republic of Venice lasted about a thousand years until Napoleon ended it in 1797.
• Britain started income tax in 1799 to pay for wars against Napoleon; it was dropped and brought back several times and became permanent.
• Napoleon was about 1.69 metres tall, an ordinary or even slightly tall height for a Frenchman of his time.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «napoleon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.