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napoleon
Part of speech: NounA gold coin formerly used in France, of the value of twenty francs, or $ 3. 86.
Usage examples "napoleon":- They say that Napoleon is gathering a great army, and against such a force, with the French troops already in Spain, our twenty or twenty- five thousand men would fare very badly, especially as they say that the emperor is coming himself." - "With Moore At Corunna", G. A. Henty.
- I'll just put on one napoleon." - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.
- It came to Napoleon listening to a prayer- bell, and to Hawthorne playing games with his children. - "The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne", Frank Preston Stearns.