"Napoléon" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1841, Archibald Alison, History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restauration of the Bourbons in M.DCCC.XV. (Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors; CCCXXXV), volume V, Paris: Baudry’s European Library, […]; and Stassin et Xavier, […], page 74:",
          "text": "No sooner also did the maritime war appear inevitable, than Napoléon concluded an arrangement with the United States of America, by which, in consideration of eighty millions of francs (L.3,200,000,) he ceded to them his whole rights, acquired by the convention with Spain, to Louisiana; anticipating thus, for a valuable consideration, the probable fate of a naval contest, and extricating from the hands of the British a valuable colonial possession, which would assuredly soon have become their prey (2). By these different means, Napoléon was enabled to put on foot a very large army for the invasion of Great Britain.",
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          "ref": "1991, Thelma Jurgrau, “Critical Introduction”, in Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "Napoléon’s power, at its apex in 1808 when Maurice Dupin died, was steady during the years when Sand’s two mothers were sharing her in relative peace (1808–1812). As the emperor embarked on a fatal war with Russia (1812–1814), Sand’s decisive break with her mother was approaching. Her description of Napoléon’s declining fortunes triggers Sand’s memories of childhood visions of herself flying over the vast icy stretches of Russia, her mission being to lead Napoléon and his lost armies back to their homeland.",
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          "ref": "2023, Jim Libby, “The Measurement of All Things”, in French Discovery in an Age of Revolution: World-Changing Scientific and Technological Advances, 1789–1815, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 90:",
          "text": "As soon as Napoléon began making a name for himself as a successful general, Talleyrand began a flattering correspondence with him. Napoléon always recognized Talleyrand’s value but would often question his loyalty.",
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