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Bo·na·parte (bō′nə pärt′; Fr bō̂ nȧ pȧrt′)

noun

name of a Corsican family of Italian origin to which belonged Napoleon I and his four brothers
Bonaparte2 definition

Bo·na·parte (bō′nə pärt′; Fr bō̂ nȧ pȧrt′)

  1. Bonaparte, Jérôme (z̸hā rōm′) 1784-1860; king of Westphalia (1807-13)
  2. Bonaparte, Joseph 1768-1844; king of Naples (1806-08) & of Spain (1808-13)
  3. Bonaparte, Louis 1778-1846; king of Holland (1806-10): father of Louis Napoleon
  4. (bō′nə pärt′)
    Bonaparte, Lucien (lü syan′) (Prince of Canino) 1775-1840; Fr. government official
  5. (bō′nə pärt′)
    Bonaparte, Napoleon (nə pō′lē ən, -pōl′yən) 1769-1821; Fr. military leader & emperor of France (1804-15), born in Corsica
    in full Napoleon I

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