English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "Napoleon" kan 'n paar verskillende betekenisse hê, afhangende van die konteks, maar dit word die meeste gebruik om te verwys na die beroemde Franse militêre en politieke leier, Napoleon Bonaparte, wat aan die bewind gekom het in die laat 18de en vroeë 19de eeue.In 'n breër sin kan "Napoleon" ook gebruik word om te verwys na iemand wat as 'n sterk en beslissende leier gesien word, of wat bekend is vir hul ambisie en strategiese denke. Dit kan ook gebruik word om 'n soort deeg, genaamd 'n Napoleon of mille-feuille, te beskryf wat uit lae skilferkorsdeeg en roomvulsel gemaak word.

Synonyms

  1. nap

Sentence Examples

  1. He had learned that Dantès had been taken to prison, and he had gone to all his friends, and the influential persons of the city but the report was already in circulation that Dantès was arrested as a Bonapartist agent and as the most sanguine looked upon any attempt of Napoleon to remount the throne as impossible, he met with nothing but refusal, and had returned home in despair, declaring that the matter was serious and that nothing more could be done.
  2. Danglars comprehended the full extent of the wretched fate that overwhelmed Dantès and, when Napoleon returned to France, he, after the manner of mediocre minds, termed the coincidence, a decree of Providence.
  3. advanced a step, and folded his arms over his chest as Napoleon would have done.
  4. It was dedicated to a long-lived soldier and bore the legend that this infantryman had been a guard over Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena and one of the bearers accompanying that emperor to his grave.
  5. Even the renowned Napoleon and Josephine split up due in part to adultery.
  6. Policar Morrel, who served under the other government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the abdication of Napoleon.
  7. Napoleon certainly he knew something of, inasmuch as he had seen and spoken with him but of Clement VII.
  8. Napoleon, in the Island of Elba, is too near France, and his proximity keeps up the hopes of his partisans.
  9. Brass British soldiers led by the Duke of Wellington stood at arms, readied for the pewter French commanded by Napoleon.
  10. It was at this period I learned that the destiny which seemed subservient to every wish formed by Napoleon, had bestowed on him a son, named king of Rome even in his cradle.