louis
noun
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louis
1 American
[loo-ee, lwee]
/ ˈlu i, lwi /
noun
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louis
plural
Louis
2
American
[loo-is, loo-ee]
/ ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i /
noun
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Joe Joseph Louis Barrow, 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.
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a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “loud battle.”
Louis
1
British
/ ˈluːɪs /
noun
louis
2
British
/ ˈluːɪ, lwi /
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of louis
First recorded in 1680–90
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One X user wrote they were “glad that olivia rodrigo and louis partridge are finally dating people their age and not weirdos in their late twenties who think it’s okay to date teens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Miller was selected with the 19th overall pick by St. louis in the 2009 MLB draft.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
The entire stl area was gonna pay for the stadium not just the city of st. louis.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
France fenelon les aventures de telemaque dixyvix in the original it was written specifically for the son of louis XIV, as a text in kingship.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2011
This being agreed to, Dujarier threw down twenty-five louis, De Beauvallon five and a half.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
The shining light was wing Louis Rees-Zammit, who produced a stellar player-of-the-match display.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Born in Los Angeles and raised in South Gate and Bell, B-Real — whose real name is Louis Mario Freese — says he was always surrounded by people he knew and members of his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
They collaborated with neurologist Yo-El Ju at Washington University in St. Louis to analyze spinal fluid from a separate group of older adults.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Louis Lee, a friend of the activist, said Wong remained "energetic" behind bars but was sometimes "worried and nervous" about the sentencing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
In June 1942, Regina became pregnant with her second child—Bobby—and she sent the five-year-old Joan to St. Louis to stay with Regina’s father, Jacob Wender, during her pregnancy.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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