Napoleonn.²

Brit.

/nəˈpəʊlɪən/, U.S.

/nəˈpoʊliən/,

/nəˈpoʊlj(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– Napolean, 1800s– Napoleon. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Napoléon.

Etymology: < the names of Napoléon Bonaparte (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 1769–1821), Corsican-born French general, First Consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–14; Napoleon I) and his nephew Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808–73), president of the Second Republic of France (1850–2) and emperor of the French (1852–70; Napoleon III).With use to designate brandy (see sense 7 and Napoleon brandy n. at Compounds) compare the conventional use of Napoléon on the labels of cognac bottles to indicate that the spirit has matured for a particular number of years.

1. A person regarded as resembling Napoleon I, esp. in having gained supremacy in his or her sphere through (ruthless) ambition. Also in extended use.In quot. 1879 more fully as Napoleon Bonaparte.

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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy > one who

tyrantc1290

Turk1536

Pharaoh1565

tyrannizer1602

domineerer1641

Corsican1739

Napoleon1821

Ozymandias1878

big-sticker1905

Mussolini1926

Hitler1930

1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Sept. (1964) II. 353 He was a little Napoleon..with a dukedom instead of an empire for his theatre.

1866 J. Blackwood Let. 2 Aug. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) IV. 293 He is a Napoleon in his Trade is Truefitt.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 144 I had travelled hitherto through a dull district, and in the track of nothing more notable than the child-eating Beast of Gévaudan, the Napoleon Buonaparte of wolves.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 260 He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.

1907 I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 353 This, then, was the notorious multi-millionaire, ‘the Napoleon in dollars’.

1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public 312 Northcliffe, being the Napoleon of the Press, naturally disliked having to play second fiddle to the advertiser.

1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 35 The Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!

1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog vi. 79 ‘Royston,’ said Colly. ‘What kind of a name is that for a Napoleon of crime?’

1996 Slavic Rev. 55 403 The hero of Crime & Punishment..dreams of becoming a world historical figure..a Napoleon who can in good conscience sacrifice thousands of human beings.

†2. A man's high boot with a portion of the top cut away at the back, as worn by officers in Continental armies at the time of the Napoleonic Wars; = Napoleon boot n. at Compounds. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > types of

jockey-boot1683

top-boot1768

Cossack boot1805

wellington boot1815

Hessian boot1834

jockey1851

Napoleon1853

Napoleon boot1860

jockey-leg1862

larrigan1886

kamik1891

mukluk1898

cruiser1902

jockey-back1909

1853 L. Leech Pictures Life & Char. (1854) 49 Bootmaker... ‘Oh no, sir! Don't have Napoleons; have tops, sir.’

1854 Househ. Words 28 Oct. 252/1 The patent leather Napoleons introduced into this country by the late Lord Alvanley are pleasant and economical hunting boots.

1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough (1861) 58 They..caused one of his intimate friends who particularly piqued himself on ‘boots’, to..relapse into ‘Napoleons’ in disgust.

3. = Napoleon gun n. at Compounds. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces

falcon1496

falconet15..

field piece1544

fowler1548

fielding piece1565

falcon shot1598

field cannon1638

field gun1645

field culverin1659

galloper1746

Napoleon1862

1862 N.Y. Times in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. ii. 405/2 [I propose] that the..smooth-bores..be exclusively the twelve-pound gun of the model of 1857, variously called ‘the gun-howitzer,’ the ‘light twelve-pounder,’ or the ‘Napoleon’.

1863 Life Stonewall Jackson 120 Pelham was sent forward with two guns, a Blakely and a Napoleon.

1880 Harper's Mag. May 917/1 The artillery is almost entirely the old brass Napoleon.

1944 J. S. Pennell Hist. Rome Hanks 67 He saw the Massachusetts battery of Napoleons unlimbering.

a. Cards. = nap n.⁹ 1a.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > nap, etc.

Pam1691

Napoleon1876

nap1879

1876 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Card Player's Man. 242 If..he declare five..he is said to go the Napoleon, whether he win or lose.

1887 All Year Round 5 Feb. 68 Euchre, finding its way back to Paris, was simplified..into Napoleon.

1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 12 Extra cards were added to the limited number used in napoleon to accommodate the additional player.

b. double Napoleon: see double adj.¹

†c. = nap n.⁹ 3a. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > tip

nap1895

Napoleon1895

1895 Starting Price 23 Mar. 1/1 With ruinous ‘all day wires’ and extortionately priced ‘Napoleons’ we will have nothing to do.

5. In full Napoleon Bigarreau. A variety of white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a tree bearing this fruit. Cf. Napoleon cherry n. at Compounds.In the United States the variety is also called Royal Ann.The cherry called Napoleon in quot. 1860² is described as purplish-black in colour, so may not be the same variety.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > cherry > types of cherry

black cherry1530

geana1533

Plinian1577

mazzard1578

mazardc1595

merry1595

Flanders cherry1597

heart cherry1599

cherrylet1605

agriot1611

morel1611

cœur-cherry1626

bigarreau1629

May-cherry1629

morello1629

urinal cherry1629

white-heart cherry1629

duracine1655

heart1658

black heart1664

carnation1664

duke1664

honey cherrya1671

nonsuch1674

merise1675

red-hearta1678

prince royal1686

lukeward1707

white-heart1707

May duke1718

Royal Ann1724

ox-heart1731

ratafia1777

choke-cherry1785

mountain cherry1811

rum cherry1818

sour cherry1884

Napoleon1886

Napoleon cherry1933

1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 50 Bigarreau Napoleon (Bigarreau Lauermann).—Large, and oblong heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow, spotted with deep red.

1860 J. H. Walden Soil Culture 121 We recommend the following [cherries] as all that need be cultivated for profit... Napoleon, purplish-black. July 5th.]

1886 Harper's Mag. Apr. 701/2 Cherries—Black Tartarian, Coe's Transparent, Governor Wood, Mezel, Napoleon Bigarreau.

1900 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: A–D 293/2 The Napoleon Bigarreau (locally known as Royal Ann) is the ideal for a white cherry.

1927 V. R. Gardner et al. Orcharding 106 An isolated trio of trees, Napoleon, Bing, and Lambert, might blossom year after year and never bear.

1969 Burpee Catal. 126/2 Sweet cherry trees... Napoleon—Large fruits are pale yellow with a bright red cheek.

1987 Gardeners' Calendar (Royal Hort. Soc.) 258/1 ‘Stella’... will also pollinate ‘Napoleon Bigarreau’.

6. = millefeuille n. Cf. Napoleon pastry n. at Compounds.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > sweet or rich pastries > [noun]

puff1419

curd tart1594

baklava1650

petits choux1702

chou1706

pastry1708

millefeuille1733

pithivier1834

frangipane1844

apple strudel1850

cream puff1851

ensaimada1867

profiterole1884

Napoleon cake1892

strudel1893

milk tart1896

Napoleon1896

St. Honoré1907

cream horn1908

bear claw1915

butterhorn1920

churro1929

vanilla slice1930

Danish pastry1934

gur cake1936

rugelach1941

pain au chocolat1944

religieuse1954

Pop Tart1964

Napoleon pastry1969

1896 E. Turner Little Larrikin xxviii. 342 In the centre were five white-iced Napoleons, ornamented with devices cut from silver tea-paper, this being the nearest the funds would stretch to wedding-cake.

1917 Lit. Digest 29 Dec. 102/2 Bring me an apple turnover, some rice pudding, a napoleon, and two cups of coffee.

1968 A. Binkley What shall I Cry? 139 ‘You got more of those cakes?’.. Lenni handed him a box in which one napoleon remained.

2000 N.Y. Press 5 Apr. ii. 24/4 Decadent desserts include a lemon curd and fresh raspberry napoleon, chocolate cake [etc.].

7. = Napoleon brandy n. at Compounds. rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy

Nants1653

French brandy1655

snapdragon1676

Cognac brandy1687

guildive1698

aguardiente1752

cognac1755

Armagnac1797

Jew brandy1817

pisco1825

Cape smoke1846

marc1848

fine champagne1864

burnt brandy1880

dop1889

grape-brandy1892

grappa1893

beno1903

V.S.O.P.1907

jackass brandy1909

fine1923

Napoleon brandy1930

Remy Martin1932

framboise1933

mampoer1934

witblits1934

Metaxa1938

Soberano1963

Napoleon1968

1968 C. Forsyte Murder with Minarets vii. 42 They sat over their Napoleon after dinner.

1987 A. Myers Murder in Pug's Parlour v. 110 The gentlemen had retreated to the library, glasses of the best Napoleon in their hands.

Compounds

† Napoleon boot n. = sense 2. Obsolete.

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1860 All Year Round 14 July 331 A very excellent dress for mounted soldiers, is the ordinary hunting ‘Napoleon’ boot, pulled over trousers [etc.].

Napoleon brandy n. brandy thought to be of great age or merit; (also) a glass or variety of this.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy

Nants1653

French brandy1655

snapdragon1676

Cognac brandy1687

guildive1698

aguardiente1752

cognac1755

Armagnac1797

Jew brandy1817

pisco1825

Cape smoke1846

marc1848

fine champagne1864

burnt brandy1880

dop1889

grape-brandy1892

grappa1893

beno1903

V.S.O.P.1907

jackass brandy1909

fine1923

Napoleon brandy1930

Remy Martin1932

framboise1933

mampoer1934

witblits1934

Metaxa1938

Soberano1963

Napoleon1968

1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel ii. 207 They were sitting over Napoleon brandy in big bowlshaped glasses and cigars.

1934 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 120/1 You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi. You're the top! You're Napoleon brandy.

1967 C. Churchill World of Wines x. 208 ‘Napoleon Brandy’ ranks high among some of the more transparent promotional myths of the industry.

1993 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 53 625 I desire to taste, just once in my life, Napoleon Brandy, and the waiter brings me a glass of it.

† Napoleon cake n. North American Obsolete rare = sense 6.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > sweet or rich pastries > [noun]

puff1419

curd tart1594

baklava1650

petits choux1702

chou1706

pastry1708

millefeuille1733

pithivier1834

frangipane1844

apple strudel1850

cream puff1851

ensaimada1867

profiterole1884

Napoleon cake1892

strudel1893

milk tart1896

Napoleon1896

St. Honoré1907

cream horn1908

bear claw1915

butterhorn1920

churro1929

vanilla slice1930

Danish pastry1934

gur cake1936

rugelach1941

pain au chocolat1944

religieuse1954

Pop Tart1964

Napoleon pastry1969

1892 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 246/1 Napoleon Cake. Lay in a Napoleon-cake pan..a layer of puff paste, spread over that a layer of pastry cream, cover with puff paste, glaze the top with sugar, and bake.

Napoleon cherry n. = sense 5.

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1933 Bot. Gaz. 94 820 Tufts and Morrow found fruit-bud differentiation of the Napoleon cherry beginning in early July.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 16/2 The Napoleon cherry had also been badly injured by the major peach borer.

1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Sept. f10/1 Seckel pears and Bartletts won't pollinate each other, and your Napoleon cherry will barely talk to a Bing.

Napoleon gun n. a kind of twelve-pounder field gun, first used in France during the reign of Napoleon III. Now historical.

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1860 Rep. Art of War in Europe 11 The Austrians were making experiments with a light 12-pounder gun, (in imitation of the Napoleon gun,) as a substitute for their smaller field guns.

1897 Outing 30 80/1 These gun companies were each supplied with one 12-pounder Napoleon gun and one Gatling gun.

1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 Suppl. 189/1 Equipped usually with twelve-pounder Napoleon guns, sometimes with imported or captured rifles,..rebel gunners were best at close range.

Napoleon pastry n. Chiefly North American = sense 6.

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1969 W. S. Kuniczak Sempinski Affair (1970) vii. 69 I..felt my resolve melting like the Napoleon pastries on my plate.

1988 C. Rumens Greening of Snow Island 68 The militiaman..Held a box of Napoleon pastry by its string.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	napoleon
释义	Napoleonn.¹ Brit. /nəˈpəʊlɪən/, U.S. /nəˈpoʊliən/, /nəˈpoʊlj(ə)n/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French napoléon. Etymology: < French napoléon (1807 in this sense) < the names of Napoléon Bonaparte and Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (see Napoleon n.²), with allusion to the images borne by successive issues of the coins. Compare Italian napoleone (1809). Now historical. A gold twenty-franc coin first issued in the reign of the French emperor Napoleon I; (after 1815 more generally) any gold twenty-franc piece. Cf. double Napoleon n. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 1, nap n.⁶ ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold mouton1357 francc1405 rial1420 salute145. lew1467 royala1513 angelot1515 sanchet1643 louis1689 louis d'or1689 pavilion1757 Napoleon1814 double Napoleon1816 nap1820 leopard- 1814 P. B. Shelley in E. Dowden Life Shelley (1886) I. 445 I sold my watch, chain, etc., which brought eight napoleons, five francs. 1869 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 32 330 Four sovereigns would be absolutely equal to five napoleons. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 251 The little gems of picture cost a napoleon each. 1924 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 87 113 He must not regard his sovereign or Napoleon as ‘gold metal simply’, but as something on which Government has placed a taboo. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) v. 86 The money was in gold sovereigns and Napoleons. 2001 London Free Press (Ont.) (Electronic ed.) 17 June The gold—10,000 gold Napoleons, as the coins were dubbed—was somehow secretly conveyed to the future site of London [in 1888]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Napoleonn.² Brit. /nəˈpəʊlɪən/, U.S. /nəˈpoʊliən/, /nəˈpoʊlj(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– Napolean, 1800s– Napoleon. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Napoléon. Etymology: < the names of Napoléon Bonaparte (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 1769–1821), Corsican-born French general, First Consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–14; Napoleon I) and his nephew Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808–73), president of the Second Republic of France (1850–2) and emperor of the French (1852–70; Napoleon III).With use to designate brandy (see sense 7 and Napoleon brandy n. at Compounds) compare the conventional use of Napoléon on the labels of cognac bottles to indicate that the spirit has matured for a particular number of years. 1. A person regarded as resembling Napoleon I, esp. in having gained supremacy in his or her sphere through (ruthless) ambition. Also in extended use.In quot. 1879 more fully as Napoleon Bonaparte. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy > one who tyrantc1290 Turk1536 Pharaoh1565 tyrannizer1602 domineerer1641 Corsican1739 Napoleon1821 Ozymandias1878 big-sticker1905 Mussolini1926 Hitler1930 1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Sept. (1964) II. 353 He was a little Napoleon..with a dukedom instead of an empire for his theatre. 1866 J. Blackwood Let. 2 Aug. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) IV. 293 He is a Napoleon in his Trade is Truefitt. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 144 I had travelled hitherto through a dull district, and in the track of nothing more notable than the child-eating Beast of Gévaudan, the Napoleon Buonaparte of wolves. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 260 He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. 1907 I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 353 This, then, was the notorious multi-millionaire, ‘the Napoleon in dollars’. 1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public 312 Northcliffe, being the Napoleon of the Press, naturally disliked having to play second fiddle to the advertiser. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 35 The Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime! 1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog vi. 79 ‘Royston,’ said Colly. ‘What kind of a name is that for a Napoleon of crime?’ 1996 Slavic Rev. 55 403 The hero of Crime & Punishment..dreams of becoming a world historical figure..a Napoleon who can in good conscience sacrifice thousands of human beings. †2. A man's high boot with a portion of the top cut away at the back, as worn by officers in Continental armies at the time of the Napoleonic Wars; = Napoleon boot n. at Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long > types of jockey-boot1683 top-boot1768 Cossack boot1805 wellington boot1815 Hessian boot1834 jockey1851 Napoleon1853 Napoleon boot1860 jockey-leg1862 larrigan1886 kamik1891 mukluk1898 cruiser1902 jockey-back1909 1853 L. Leech Pictures Life & Char. (1854) 49 Bootmaker... ‘Oh no, sir! Don't have Napoleons; have tops, sir.’ 1854 Househ. Words 28 Oct. 252/1 The patent leather Napoleons introduced into this country by the late Lord Alvanley are pleasant and economical hunting boots. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough (1861) 58 They..caused one of his intimate friends who particularly piqued himself on ‘boots’, to..relapse into ‘Napoleons’ in disgust. 3. = Napoleon gun n. at Compounds. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces falcon1496 falconet15.. field piece1544 fowler1548 fielding piece1565 falcon shot1598 field cannon1638 field gun1645 field culverin1659 galloper1746 Napoleon1862 1862 N.Y. Times in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. ii. 405/2 [I propose] that the..smooth-bores..be exclusively the twelve-pound gun of the model of 1857, variously called ‘the gun-howitzer,’ the ‘light twelve-pounder,’ or the ‘Napoleon’. 1863 Life Stonewall Jackson 120 Pelham was sent forward with two guns, a Blakely and a Napoleon. 1880 Harper's Mag. May 917/1 The artillery is almost entirely the old brass Napoleon. 1944 J. S. Pennell Hist. Rome Hanks 67 He saw the Massachusetts battery of Napoleons unlimbering. 4. a. Cards. = nap n.⁹ 1a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > nap, etc. Pam1691 Napoleon1876 nap1879 1876 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Card Player's Man. 242 If..he declare five..he is said to go the Napoleon, whether he win or lose. 1887 All Year Round 5 Feb. 68 Euchre, finding its way back to Paris, was simplified..into Napoleon. 1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 12 Extra cards were added to the limited number used in napoleon to accommodate the additional player. b. double Napoleon: see double adj.¹ †c. = nap n.⁹ 3a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > tip nap1895 Napoleon1895 1895 Starting Price 23 Mar. 1/1 With ruinous ‘all day wires’ and extortionately priced ‘Napoleons’ we will have nothing to do. 5. In full Napoleon Bigarreau. A variety of white-fleshed bigarreau cherry; a tree bearing this fruit. Cf. Napoleon cherry n. at Compounds.In the United States the variety is also called Royal Ann.The cherry called Napoleon in quot. 1860² is described as purplish-black in colour, so may not be the same variety. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > cherry > types of cherry black cherry1530 geana1533 Plinian1577 mazzard1578 mazardc1595 merry1595 Flanders cherry1597 heart cherry1599 cherrylet1605 agriot1611 morel1611 cœur-cherry1626 bigarreau1629 May-cherry1629 morello1629 urinal cherry1629 white-heart cherry1629 duracine1655 heart1658 black heart1664 carnation1664 duke1664 honey cherrya1671 nonsuch1674 merise1675 red-hearta1678 prince royal1686 lukeward1707 white-heart1707 May duke1718 Royal Ann1724 ox-heart1731 ratafia1777 choke-cherry1785 mountain cherry1811 rum cherry1818 sour cherry1884 Napoleon1886 Napoleon cherry1933 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 50 Bigarreau Napoleon (Bigarreau Lauermann).—Large, and oblong heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow, spotted with deep red. 1860 J. H. Walden Soil Culture 121 We recommend the following [cherries] as all that need be cultivated for profit... Napoleon, purplish-black. July 5th.] 1886 Harper's Mag. Apr. 701/2 Cherries—Black Tartarian, Coe's Transparent, Governor Wood, Mezel, Napoleon Bigarreau. 1900 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: A–D 293/2 The Napoleon Bigarreau (locally known as Royal Ann) is the ideal for a white cherry. 1927 V. R. Gardner et al. Orcharding 106 An isolated trio of trees, Napoleon, Bing, and Lambert, might blossom year after year and never bear. 1969 Burpee Catal. 126/2 Sweet cherry trees... Napoleon—Large fruits are pale yellow with a bright red cheek. 1987 Gardeners' Calendar (Royal Hort. Soc.) 258/1 ‘Stella’... will also pollinate ‘Napoleon Bigarreau’. 6. = millefeuille n. Cf. Napoleon pastry n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > sweet or rich pastries > [noun] puff1419 curd tart1594 baklava1650 petits choux1702 chou1706 pastry1708 millefeuille1733 pithivier1834 frangipane1844 apple strudel1850 cream puff1851 ensaimada1867 profiterole1884 Napoleon cake1892 strudel1893 milk tart1896 Napoleon1896 St. Honoré1907 cream horn1908 bear claw1915 butterhorn1920 churro1929 vanilla slice1930 Danish pastry1934 gur cake1936 rugelach1941 pain au chocolat1944 religieuse1954 Pop Tart1964 Napoleon pastry1969 1896 E. Turner Little Larrikin xxviii. 342 In the centre were five white-iced Napoleons, ornamented with devices cut from silver tea-paper, this being the nearest the funds would stretch to wedding-cake. 1917 Lit. Digest 29 Dec. 102/2 Bring me an apple turnover, some rice pudding, a napoleon, and two cups of coffee. 1968 A. Binkley What shall I Cry? 139 ‘You got more of those cakes?’.. Lenni handed him a box in which one napoleon remained. 2000 N.Y. Press 5 Apr. ii. 24/4 Decadent desserts include a lemon curd and fresh raspberry napoleon, chocolate cake [etc.]. 7. = Napoleon brandy n. at Compounds. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy Nants1653 French brandy1655 snapdragon1676 Cognac brandy1687 guildive1698 aguardiente1752 cognac1755 Armagnac1797 Jew brandy1817 pisco1825 Cape smoke1846 marc1848 fine champagne1864 burnt brandy1880 dop1889 grape-brandy1892 grappa1893 beno1903 V.S.O.P.1907 jackass brandy1909 fine1923 Napoleon brandy1930 Remy Martin1932 framboise1933 mampoer1934 witblits1934 Metaxa1938 Soberano1963 Napoleon1968 1968 C. Forsyte Murder with Minarets vii. 42 They sat over their Napoleon after dinner. 1987 A. Myers Murder in Pug's Parlour v. 110 The gentlemen had retreated to the library, glasses of the best Napoleon in their hands. Compounds † Napoleon boot n. = sense 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1860 All Year Round 14 July 331 A very excellent dress for mounted soldiers, is the ordinary hunting ‘Napoleon’ boot, pulled over trousers [etc.]. Napoleon brandy n. brandy thought to be of great age or merit; (also) a glass or variety of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy Nants1653 French brandy1655 snapdragon1676 Cognac brandy1687 guildive1698 aguardiente1752 cognac1755 Armagnac1797 Jew brandy1817 pisco1825 Cape smoke1846 marc1848 fine champagne1864 burnt brandy1880 dop1889 grape-brandy1892 grappa1893 beno1903 V.S.O.P.1907 jackass brandy1909 fine1923 Napoleon brandy1930 Remy Martin1932 framboise1933 mampoer1934 witblits1934 Metaxa1938 Soberano1963 Napoleon1968 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel ii. 207 They were sitting over Napoleon brandy in big bowlshaped glasses and cigars. 1934 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 120/1 You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi. You're the top! You're Napoleon brandy. 1967 C. Churchill World of Wines x. 208 ‘Napoleon Brandy’ ranks high among some of the more transparent promotional myths of the industry. 1993 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 53 625 I desire to taste, just once in my life, Napoleon Brandy, and the waiter brings me a glass of it. † Napoleon cake n. North American Obsolete rare = sense 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > sweet or rich pastries > [noun] puff1419 curd tart1594 baklava1650 petits choux1702 chou1706 pastry1708 millefeuille1733 pithivier1834 frangipane1844 apple strudel1850 cream puff1851 ensaimada1867 profiterole1884 Napoleon cake1892 strudel1893 milk tart1896 Napoleon1896 St. Honoré1907 cream horn1908 bear claw1915 butterhorn1920 churro1929 vanilla slice1930 Danish pastry1934 gur cake1936 rugelach1941 pain au chocolat1944 religieuse1954 Pop Tart1964 Napoleon pastry1969 1892 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 246/1 Napoleon Cake. Lay in a Napoleon-cake pan..a layer of puff paste, spread over that a layer of pastry cream, cover with puff paste, glaze the top with sugar, and bake. Napoleon cherry n. = sense 5. ΚΠ 1933 Bot. Gaz. 94 820 Tufts and Morrow found fruit-bud differentiation of the Napoleon cherry beginning in early July. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 16/2 The Napoleon cherry had also been badly injured by the major peach borer. 1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Sept. f10/1 Seckel pears and Bartletts won't pollinate each other, and your Napoleon cherry will barely talk to a Bing. Napoleon gun n. a kind of twelve-pounder field gun, first used in France during the reign of Napoleon III. Now historical. ΚΠ 1860 Rep. Art of War in Europe 11 The Austrians were making experiments with a light 12-pounder gun, (in imitation of the Napoleon gun,) as a substitute for their smaller field guns. 1897 Outing 30 80/1 These gun companies were each supplied with one 12-pounder Napoleon gun and one Gatling gun. 1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 Suppl. 189/1 Equipped usually with twelve-pounder Napoleon guns, sometimes with imported or captured rifles,..rebel gunners were best at close range. Napoleon pastry n. Chiefly North American = sense 6. ΚΠ 1969 W. S. Kuniczak Sempinski Affair (1970) vii. 69 I..felt my resolve melting like the Napoleon pastries on my plate. 1988 C. Rumens Greening of Snow Island 68 The militiaman..Held a box of Napoleon pastry by its string. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1814n.²1821
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