napoleon

A rectangular piece of pastry made with crisp, flaky layers filled with custard cream.

A 20-franc gold coin formerly used in France.

A modern French gold coin of the value of 20 francs, or slightly less than $4; a twenty-franc piece, or pièce de vingt francs. See louis.

A French modification of the game of euchre, played by not more than six persons, every one for himself. Also nap.

A small piece of frosted pastry, made by putting several thin layers of puff-paste together with a cream filling.

plural The crimson clover, Trifolium incarnatum.

Napoleon Bonaparte (or Buonaparte), Born at Ajaccio, Corsica, Aug. 15, 1766, or, according to some, at Corte, Jan. 7, 1768; died at Longwood, St. Helena, May 5, 1821. Emperor of the French 1804-14.

A French gold coin of twenty francs, no longer minted or circulated. It bore the portrait of Napoleon I. or Napoleon III.