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Napoleonist

Napoleonist noun: a supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Noun

Napoleonist (plural Napoleonists)

  1. A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Adjective

Napoleonist (comparative more Napoleonist, superlative most Napoleonist)

  1. Supporting, relating to, or characteristic of, the dynasty of the Napoleons.
    • The party of the president (the Buonapartists) gradually and steadily gained over all the others; the soldiery and the peasantry were Napoleonist; the church saw this, and threw its weight into the presidential scale.1859, The History of England, page 774, column 2
    • Mr. F ⸺ hints that your people are not very Napoleonist.1870, Theodore Tilton, “Elizabeth Barrett Browning”, in Sanctum Sanctorum; or, Proof-Sheets from an Editor’s Table, New York, N.Y.: Sheldon & Company, page 34

Examples of Napoleonist in a sentence

  • The Spanish legend of a golden age of absolute royalty was even more baseless than the Jacobinical or the Napoleonist legend of France.1876 March 4, “End of the Carlist War”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume XLI, number 1,062, London...
  • Hugo is very Napoleonist, as is generally understood.1912, A. R. Allinson, transl., Intimate Memoirs of Napoleon III: Personal Reminiscences of the Man and the Emperor, London: Stanley Paul &...
  • Only a week ago I was court-martialed for having attacked my officer and school teacher, and my grandfather is Napoleonist.1931, Oscar Ludmann, Stepchild of the Rhine: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Alfred H. King, Inc., page 79:

Forms of Napoleonist

Noun
pluralNapoleonists
alternative formNapoléonist
Adjective
comparativemore Napoleonist
superlativemost Napoleonist

Origin of Napoleonist

From Napoleon + -ist.

Questions about Napoleonist

What does Napoleonist mean?
Napoleonist means a supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
How do you use Napoleonist in a sentence?
The Spanish legend of a golden age of absolute royalty was even more baseless than the Jacobinical or the Napoleonist legend of France.
What part of speech is Napoleonist?
Napoleonist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Napoleonist?
The plural of Napoleonist is Napoleonists.

Words near Napoleonist in the dictionary

  1. Napoleonised
  2. Napoleonises
  3. Napoleonising
  4. Napoleonisings
  5. Napoleonism
  6. Napoleonist
  7. Napoleonist syndrome
  8. Napoleonistic
  9. Napoleonists
  10. napoleonite
  11. napoleonites

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