Full Idea
The Millian view of direct reference says that the meaning of a name is the object named.
Gist of Idea
Millians say a name just means its object
Source
Sarah Sawyer (Empty Names [2012], 4)
Book Reference
'Routledge Companion to Phil of Language', ed/tr. Russell/Graff Faria [Routledge 2015], p.156
A Reaction
Any theory that says meaning somehow is features of the physical world strikes me as totally misguided. Napoleon is a man, so he can't be part of a sentence. He delegates that job to words (such as 'Napoleon').