1. [n]  a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream
2. [n]  French general who became Emperor of the French (1769-1821)

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1. \Na*po"le*on\, n. [From the Emperor Napoleon 1.]
   A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.
   

2. \Na*po"le*on\, n.
   1. (Card Playing)
      (a) A game in which each player holds five cards, the
          eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid
          to take, any subsequent player having the right to
          overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder
          naming the trump and winning a number of points equal
          to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the
          same number of points if he fails to make them.
      (b) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is
          ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are
          allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five
          tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.
   2. A Napoleon gun.
   3. A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.
   4. A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.