Louis Philippe

American  

noun

1. Citizen King, 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.

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Louis Philippe British  

/ filip /

noun

1. known as the Citizen King. 1773–1850, king of the French (1830–48). His régime became excessively identified with the bourgeoisie and he was forced to abdicate by the revolution of 1848

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Example Sentences

It was . . . impressive enough, which is almost exactly the same reaction that Louis Philippe, a future king of France, had while visiting in the late 18th century.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

When cholera struck Paris in 1832 — in an epidemic that eventually killed nearly 19,000 Parisians — a conspiracy theory spread that the unpopular government under King Louis Philippe was poisoning wells with arsenic.

From Nature • Oct. 14, 2019

Standing in the drizzle on the Louis Philippe bridge near Paris’s city hall, Wendy said: “It’s really something. We didn’t expect flooding on the Seine.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2016

At first, his rancor is focused on a single piece of furniture, a Louis Philippe dresser that an unknown Chinese manufacturer is exporting that retails for much less than its American-made counterparts.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2014

Louis Philippe confided all to him; but, though Louis trusted Thiers, and perhaps owed his crown to him, this statesman seemed really to be his evil genius.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various