Definition of Louis

1. Noun. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981).

Exact synonyms: Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow
Generic synonyms: Gladiator, Prizefighter

Definition of Louis

1. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Louis

1. a former gold coin of France [n LOUIS]

Medical Definition of Louis

1. Pierre C.A., French physician, 1787-1872. See: Louis' angle, Louis' law. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis

Lottie
Lotus Sutra
Lotus americanus
Lotus berthelotii
Lotus corniculatus
Lotus tetragonolobus
Lotusland
Lou
Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig's disease
Louanne
Loud
Louella
Loughborough
Louie
Louis
Louis' angle
Louis' law
Louis-Bar
Louis-Bar syndrome
Louis-Hector Berlioz
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Aragon
Louis Armstrong
Louis Auchincloss
Louis B. Mayer
Louis Bleriot
Louis Braille
Louis Burt Mayer

Literary usage of Louis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Englishman in Paris: (notes and Recollections). by Albert Dresden Vandam (1892)
"CHAPTER I. The Second Republic—Lamartine's reason for proclaiming it—Suspects louis-Napoleon of similar motives for wishing to overthrow ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"CHAPTER I THE GOVERNMENT OF louis XIV (-) WHEN Mazarin's death left the government of France in the hands of the young King, the country seemed to be so ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"CHAPTER I. louis THE WELL-BELOVED. PRESIDENT RENAULT, remarking on royal Surnames of ... "The Surname of Bien-aime (Well-beloved)," says he, "which louis ..."

4. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"CHAPTER I. louis THE WELL-BELOVED. "PRESIDENT RENAULT, remarking on royal ... "The Surname of Bien-aime (Well-beloved)," says he, "which louis XV. bears, ..."

5. History of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) (1873)
"State of men's minds, of the finances, of the public power and the public wants, at the accession of louis XVI.—His character—Maurepas, prime minister—His ..."

6. The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France by Pardoe (Julia) (1887)
"Death of Jeanne de France—Marriage of louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne—Birth of Francis ... IN the person of louis XII. of France expired the elder branch of ..."

7. A Nameless Nobleman by Jane Goodwin Austin (1881)
"CHAPTER I. louis THE GRAND, AND louis THE LITTLE. THE Montespan is in great beauty to-night," said the Marquis de Vannes to the Comte de Cha- blais, ..."

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