Bonapartean


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Bo`na`part´e`an


a.1.Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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But here I was again mistaken; for Mehevi, in conducting his warlike operations, rather inclined to the Fabian than to the Bonapartean tactics, husbanding his resources and exposing his troops to no unnecessary hazards.
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Fleming argues that challenging Hamilton to a duel was the first step in satisfying "Burr's hidden motive--the Bonapartean dream of fame in the West and Mexico" (347).
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America
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