louis
noun
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
Other Word Forms
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
And if you’re a sauce enthusiast like me, don’t forget to ask for extra sauce louis — think remoulade without the spicy kick.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
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
It lasted down to the time of the louis d'or, and was in high repute all over Europe.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
“The Dizziest Season” takes its title from Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean, the often unhittable and always quotable pitcher who won 30 games in 1934 to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to the National League pennant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have now identified a promising strategy for interrupting this damaging immune response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
The museum announced Tuesday that it’s shipping 164 works to the Frank Gehry-designed Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris for its most extensive exhibition ever mounted outside Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
It was first mentioned in 1740 in an inventory of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, drawn up following his death, the Château de Chantilly said.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Louis Béroud, the painter who’d discovered the Mona Lisa missing, had been right all along: The glass wasn’t the solution.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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