Louis
['luːɪ] or [ˈluɪs]
Definition
(noun.) United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981).
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Definition
n. a French gold coin superseded in 1795 by the 20-franc piece—also Lou′is-d'or.—adjs. Lou′is-Quatorze′ characteristic of the reign of Louis XIV. (1643-1715) in architecture and decoration; Lou′is-Quinze of that of Louis XV. (1715-74); Lou′is-Seize of that of Louis XVI. (1774-92); Lou′is-Treize of that of Louis XIII. (1610-43).
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Examples
- As to Louis Moore himself, he had the air of a man used to this life, and who had made up his mind to bear it for a time. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His health gave way under the strain, and he quit the bank to begin work in a machine shop in St. Louis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One more crusade remains to be noted, an expedition to Tunis by this same Louis IX, who died of fever there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Major, the Captain, any one of those gambling men whom Madame sees would take her life for a hundred louis. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Louis, she said, would never have learned to rule if she had not ceased to govern. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Louis Moore assented with a low Hear, hear! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rifled cannon were first employed in actual service in Louis Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1859, and were first introduced in the United States service by General James in 1861. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had been exasperated by the expulsion of its representative from England upon the execution of Louis, and it declared war against England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But to this evidence Louis Moore turned an incredulous ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Louis endeavoured, and the Young Person endeavoured. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The command was given in tones of authority and it was taken down, never to be raised again in St. Louis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Louis Moore's doubts respecting the immediate evacuation of Fieldhead by Mr. Sympson turned out to be perfectly well founded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Take the crimson peach--take Louis Moore! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Louis Pasteur’s work, however, marks the first definite and important results in the study of bacteriology, and he is the father of the germ theory of disease. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Louis XIV set up an academy of sciences in rivalry with the English Royal Society of Charles II and the similar association at Florence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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