Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Man of Sedan

Napoleon III. was so called, because he surrendered his sword to William, King of Prussia, after the battle of Sedan (September 2, 1870).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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