louis

¹ American

[loo-ee, lwee] / ˈlu i, lwi /

noun

louis d'or.

Louis ² American

[loo-is, loo-ee] / ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i /

noun

Joe Joseph Louis Barrow, 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “loud battle.”

Louis ¹ British

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

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

short for louis d'or

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

louis

plural

Etymology

Origin of louis

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

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Of this I will take two hundred and fifty louis' worth.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.

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