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double napoleon

double napoleon noun: a former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.

double napoleon: a former 40-franc gold coin issued by France
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Noun (1)

double napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural double napoleons)

  1. (countable, historical, slang) A former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.
  2. (uncountable) A form of solitaire.

Noun (2) capitalized: Double Napoleon

Double Napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural Double Napoleons)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of double napoleon (“the coin or card game”).

Noun (3) capitalized: double Napoleon

double Napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural double Napoleons)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of double napoleon (“the coin or card game”).

Forms of double napoleon

pluraldouble napoleons
alternative formDouble Napoleon
alternative formdouble Napoleon
pluralDouble Napoleons
pluraldouble Napoleons

Origin of double napoleon

From its value of twice the 20-franc napoleon.

Questions about double napoleon

What does double napoleon mean?
Double napoleon means a former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.
What part of speech is double napoleon?
Double napoleon is a noun.
What is the plural of double napoleon?
The plural of double napoleon is double napoleons.

Words near double napoleon in the dictionary

  1. double monocular O
  2. double monocular Os
  3. double moral
  4. double morals
  5. double muscling
  6. double napoleon
  7. double napoleons
  8. double negative
  9. double negatives
  10. double nelson
  11. double nelsons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double napoleon (page history and authors); Double Napoleon (page history and authors); double Napoleon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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