Word Meanings - BONAPARTEAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

FAMILY
A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
NAPOLEON
A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about .86.
NAPOLEONIST
A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.
NAPOLEONIC
Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. Lowell.
BONAPARTEAN
Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.
SUBFAMILY
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
SUPERFAMILY
A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach