Louis Napoleon

[ loo-ee, loo-is; French lwee ]
/ ˈlu i, ˈlu ɪs; French lwi /

noun

Napoleon III.

Definition for louis napoleon (2 of 3)

Napoleon
[ nuh-poh-lee-uh n, -pohl-yuh n ]
/ nəˈpoʊ li ən, -ˈpoʊl yən /

noun

Louis [loo-ee; French lwee] /ˈlu i; French lwi/. Napoleon III.
a male given name.

Definition for louis napoleon (3 of 3)

Napoleon III

noun

Louis NapoleonCharles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, [loo-ee; French lwee] /ˈlu i; French lwi/1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).

British Dictionary definitions for louis napoleon (1 of 3)

Louis Napoleon

noun

the original name of Napoleon III

British Dictionary definitions for louis napoleon (2 of 3)

napoleon
/ (nəˈpəʊlɪən) /

noun

a former French gold coin worth 20 francs bearing a portrait of either Napoleon I or Napoleon III
cards the full name for nap 3 (def. 1)
the US name for millefeuille

Word Origin for napoleon

C19: from French napoléon, after Napoleon I

British Dictionary definitions for louis napoleon (3 of 3)

Napoleon III

noun

full name Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, known as Louis-Napoleon. 1808–73, Emperor of the French (1852–70); nephew of Napoleon I. He led two abortive Bonapartist risings (1836; 1840) and was elected president of the Second Republic (1848), establishing the Second Empire in 1852. Originally successful in foreign affairs, he was deposed after the disastrous Franco-Prussian War