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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Napoleon  \Na*po"le*on\,  n.  [From  the  Emperor  Napoleon  1.] 
  A  French  gold  coin  of  twenty  francs,  or  about  $3.86. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Napoleon  \Na*po"le*on\,  n. 
  1.  (Card  Playing) 
  a  A  game  in  which  each  player  holds  five  cards,  the 
  eldest  hand  stating  the  number  of  tricks  he  will  bid 
  to  take  any  subsequent  player  having  the  right  to 
  overbid  him  or  a  previous  bidder,  the  highest  bidder 
  naming  the  trump  and  winning  a  number  of  points  equal 
  to  his  bid  if  he  makes  so  many  tricks,  or  losing  the 
  same  number  of  points  if  he  fails  to  make  them 
  b  A  bid  to  take  five  tricks  at  napoleon.  It  is 
  ordinarily  the  highest  bid;  but  sometimes  bids  are 
  allowed  of  wellington,  or  of  blucher,  to  take  five 
  tricks,  or  pay  double,  or  treble,  if  unsuccessful. 
 
  2.  A  Napoleon  gun. 
 
  3.  A  kind  of  top  boot  of  the  middle  of  the  19th  century. 
 
  4.  A  shape  and  size  of  cigar.  It  is  about  seven  inches  long. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Napoleon 
  n  :  1769-1821  [syn:  {Napoleon},  {Napoleon  I},  {Napoleon 
  Bonaparte}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Napoleon,  IN  (town,  FIPS  52002) 
  Location:  39.20535  N,  85.32728  W 
  Population  (1990):  238  (99  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Napoleon,  MI  (CDP,  FIPS  56620) 
  Location:  42.16835  N,  84.24627  W 
  Population  (1990):  1332  (517  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.9  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Napoleon,  MO  (city,  FIPS  51140) 
  Location:  39.13230  N,  94.08835  W 
  Population  (1990):  233  (96  housing  units) 
  Area:  4.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  64074 
  Napoleon,  ND  (city,  FIPS  55420) 
  Location:  46.50359  N,  99.76797  W 
  Population  (1990):  930  (460  housing  units) 
  Area:  3.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  58561 
  Napoleon,  OH  (city,  FIPS  53550) 
  Location:  41.39476  N,  84.12659  W 
  Population  (1990):  8884  (3632  housing  units) 
  Area:  12.5  sq  km  (land),  0.7  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  43545




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