Lipoleum

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Napoleon, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo.

Literally, "lipoleum" (if it were a word) would mean "the oil made from fat" -- lipo = fat, oleum = oil -- just as "petroleum" means "the oil made from rock."

But why does Napoleon = fat-oil?