louis d'or
Americannoun
noun
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a former French gold coin worth 20 francs
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an old French coin minted in the reign of Louis XIII
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Etymology
Origin of louis d'or
First recorded in 1680–90; from French: literally, “Louis of gold”; named after Louis XIII
Example Sentences
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According to Burnet the packet-boat from France seldom came over during the following winter without bringing 10,000 louis d'or, and often more.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
The daric is equal to about a guinea or a louis d'or of our time, as the Chevalier de Jaucourt very well observes, and not ten francs, as Rollin says.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
But his losses swelled like a mountain avalanche on each of the succeeding nights, so that at last it was calculated that he had lost to the banque well on to thirty thousand louis d'or.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
As I was walking along with him, he said, "I'm out of money; won't you lend me three louis d'or?"
From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William
By selling the right of using his process he made 40 louis d'or, which supplied him with the means for further experiments.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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