louis

¹ American  

[loo-ee, lwee] / ˈlu i, lwi /

noun

plural

louis

1. louis d'or.

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Louis ² American  

[loo-is, loo-ee] / ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i /

noun

1. Joe Joseph Louis Barrow, 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.

2. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “loud battle.”

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Louis ¹ British  

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. Joe, real name Joseph Louis Barrow, nicknamed the Brown Bomber. 1914–81, US boxer; world heavyweight champion (1937–49)

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louis ² British  

/ ˈluːɪ, lwi /

noun

1. short for louis d'or

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Etymology

Origin of louis

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

Walmart plans to add the service over the coming year in cities including Los Angeles; Houston; Cincinnati; St. Louis; and Orlando, Tampa and Miami in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of Hellerstein’s fellow Manhattan jurists, Louis Stanton, is 98 years old, and a Brooklyn judge, Leo Glasser, is 101.

From The Wall Street Journal

After an electrifying short program gave him a mammoth lead in St. Louis, the 21-year-old known as "Quad God" performed a relatively modest, by his own standards, three quadruple jumps.

From Barron's

Amber Glenn upstaged world champion Alysa Liu with a record score to take the lead after the women's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships in St Louis on Wednesday.

From Barron's

She turned down the advances of Louis Armstrong.

From BBC