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Napoleone di Buonaparte

Corsican parvenu who won a few battles and was head of the French government between 1800 and 1814. Thrashed by Wellington's British, Dutch-Belgians and Germans, and Blucher's Prussians, at Waterloo.

Original definition 31 December 2010 8:12 AM by 4th Cuirassier.

Last revised 8 May 2011 3:47 PM by John Treadaway.