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    Lourie
    noun
    any of several awards for excellence in advertising and marketing, given by the Marketing Federation of South Africa
  • lourie
    lourie
    noun
    any of several species of touraco: louries are divided into two groups, the arboreal species having a mainly green plumage and crimson wings and the species which inhabits the more open savanna areas having a plain grey plumage

Lourie

1 British  
/ ˈlaʊrɪ /

noun

  1. any of several awards for excellence in advertising and marketing, given by the Marketing Federation of South Africa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lourie 2 British  
/ ˈlaʊrɪ /

noun

  1. any of several species of touraco: louries are divided into two groups, the arboreal species having a mainly green plumage and crimson wings and the species which inhabits the more open savanna areas having a plain grey plumage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lourie

from Malay luri

Example Sentences

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“Auditing doesn’t tell a complete picture of a company,” said Ben Lourie, an associate professor of accounting at University of California, Irvine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The Mosaic label, which he founded with the music-business veteran Charlie Lourie 41 years ago, has become the gold standard of archival jazz releases.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Centricus co-founder Nizar Al-Bassam and chief executive Garth Ritchie are heading the bid, which also includes hedge fund manager Jonathan Lourie of Cheyne Capital and Bob Finch of Talis Capital.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022

No Maryland governor has been impeached, according to Owen Lourie, a historian with the Maryland State Archives.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

Ann Lourie spoke with a Southern intonation, but it was different from Miss Hull’s speech and Poppy’s lazy drawl.

From The Twins in the South by Whitehill, Dorothy

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