Napoleonist
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Napoleon + -ist.
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