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Meanings of little corporal in English

Portuguese
napoleão bonaparte
Catalan
napoleó i
Spanish
napoleón i

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

napoleão bonaparte
Usage of little corporal in English
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Long live the little corporal! shouted the soldiers jubilantly, on all sides.
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
2
The plump little corporal who had accompanied us from Kharkov waved us inside.
The forgotten soldier
3
He is not in good form to-day, our little corporal.
The Soul of the War
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It was the little corporal's great moment.
The corfu trilogy
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Our plump little corporal snapped to attention.
The forgotten soldier
6
A little corporal of artillery; from a cocked hat to a crown, from Corsica to St. Helena: Napoleon.
A Splendid Hazard
7
Dorothy had been such a daughter, and even now she was proving herself the Major's " little corporal."
Dorothy Dale's Camping Days
8
But to become almost God was a promotion of which the " little corporal" had surely never dreamed!
Modern Saints and Seers
9
Long live our little corporal!
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
10
I well remember a chat after a good raid with the big drummer and a little corporal of the H.L.I.
The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Comm...
11
The back flap of the truck was kicked open, and a plump little corporal jumped down and clicked his heels.
The forgotten soldier
12
Here was Tilly, the " little corporal" now recently stretched in a soldier's grave, with his wily and inflexible features.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2
13
Some went so far as to say the old woman was mad, and nothing would be better than a little corporal correction.
The History of John Bull
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But, all the same, a little corporal punishment, nicely seasoned with fear, is right and proper and good for the health and morals.
The Teeth of the Tiger
15
The French blundered ten years before the ' little corporal' led the army of the republic over the Alps to dethrone half the monarchs of Europe.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 / Devoted To...
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He had defended the Little Corporal, and in defending him had personified him.
The Gay Cockade
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