Definition of "Napoleon"

Napoleon

/nəˈpəʊ.li.ən/

proper noun
1. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader.
2. A male given name from Italian sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.
3. A village in Silesia, Poland.
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A ghost town in Arkansas.
  2. A town in Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  4. A township and census-designated place therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
  6. A city in Missouri.
  7. A city, the county seat of Logan County, North Dakota.
  8. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Ohio.
  9. A township in Henry County, Ohio.
noun
plural Napoleons
1. Alternative form of napoleon
  Quotations
  He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.
  1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem
  Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.
  2011, Robert Morgan, Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
  He [William McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.
  1896, J.S. Ogilvie, “A Biographical Sketch of William McKinley.”, in The Life and Speeches of William McKinley.