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English Dictionary: Napoleon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Napoleon
n
  1. French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    Synonym(s): Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal
  2. a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream
  3. a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
    Synonym(s): Napoleon, nap
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Napoleon, IN (town, FIPS 52002)
      Location: 39.20535 N, 85.32728 W
      Population (1990): 238 (99 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Napoleon, MI (CDP, FIPS 56620)
      Location: 42.16835 N, 84.24627 W
      Population (1990): 1332 (517 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Napoleon, MO (city, FIPS 51140)
      Location: 39.13230 N, 94.08835 W
      Population (1990): 233 (96 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64074
   Napoleon, ND (city, FIPS 55420)
      Location: 46.50359 N, 99.76797 W
      Population (1990): 930 (460 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58561
   Napoleon, OH (city, FIPS 53550)
      Location: 41.39476 N, 84.12659 W
      Population (1990): 8884 (3632 housing units)
      Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43545
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