Josephine Syllabification: (Jo·se·phine)Pronunciation: /ˈjōzəˌfēn, ˌjōzəˈfēn/Definition of Josephine (1763–1814), empress of France 1804–09; full name Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. She married Napoleon in 1796. Their marriage proved childless, and she was divorced by Napoleon in 1809. Josephine in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Josephine in the British & World English dictionary