louis d'or

[ loo-ee dawr; French lwee dawr ]

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noun

, plural lou·is d'or [loo-eez , dawr, lwee , dawr].

louis d'or

/ lwi dɔr; ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː /

First recorded in 1680–90; from French: literally, “Louis of gold”; named after Louis XIII

C17: from French: golden louis, named after Louis XIII

He took with him to the French capital a new system of musical notes, a five-act comedy, and fifteen louis dor.

Mirabeau is even said to have taken a thousand louis dor from Spain for his diplomatic recommendation in 1790.

The theatre must have cost a like sum, and, when its seats are full, holds 120 louis dor.

We have 17 Louis dor, of which, as far as I can at present calculate, 10 belong to Chester.

Was this in order to make false louis dor, as historians have supposed?

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