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- noun Plural form of
Napoleonist .
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Examples
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There was only one legitimate child, who was called the King of Rome, a-- also Napoleon, who some Napoleonists call Napoleon II.
Napoleon & Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo and the Great Commanders Who Fought It 2003
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It was a letter not written in very good taste, blowing the trumpet against all Napoleonists.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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It was that idiot Sicardot who let me in for that by swearing that the Napoleonists would be triumphant.
The Fortune of the Rougons ��mile Zola 1871
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It was a letter not written in very good taste, blowing the trumpet against all Napoleonists.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833
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Englishman had never before been seen, and he found the house full as it could hold of half-pay Napoleonists.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 Richard Henry Bonnycastle 1819
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Sala and Rosebery, who are the two best Napoleonists I know, can tell us. "
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Every political party ” I speak of course only of the ultras ” has its peculiar badge: the Carlists have green waistcoats, the Republicans and Napoleonists (and these form the jeune France) [red], [Footnote: Chopin has omitted this word, which seems to be necessary to complete the sentence; at least, it is neither in the Polish nor German edition of Karasowski's book.] the Saint-Simonians who profess a new religion, wear blue, and so forth.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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