Definitions for Louis
ˈlu ɪsLouis

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Louis, Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow(noun)

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

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1. Louis(ProperNoun)

   A male given name from French.

   "It is hardly a week since you called me your future husband, and treated me as such; now I am once more the tutor for you: I am addressed as Mr. Moore, and Sir; your lips have forgotten Louis."

   Etymology: From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish reconstructed as *Hlōdowig, *Hlūdawīg, &c., from Proto-Germanic words reconstructed as *hlūdaz ("loud; famous") + *wīgą ("battle") . Doublet of Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.

2. Louis(ProperNoun)

   A female given name

   Etymology: From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish reconstructed as *Hlōdowig, *Hlūdawīg, &c., from Proto-Germanic words reconstructed as *hlūdaz ("loud; famous") + *wīgą ("battle") . Doublet of Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Louis

   lōō′i, n. a French gold coin superseded in 1795 by the 20-franc piece—also Lou′is-d'or.—adjs.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).

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. louis

   The name of a military order in France, instituted by Louis XIV. in 1693. Their collars were of a flame color, and passed from left to right. The king was always grand master.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Louis' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4191

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Louis in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Louis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Louis in a Sentence

1. The OAG:

   The investigations have revealed that in summer 2002 Franz Beckenbauer accepted a loan of 10 million Swiss francs in his own name and for his own account from Robert Louis-Dreyfus. This sum was used to fund various payments made via a Swiss law firm to a Qatari company belonging to Mohammed Bin Hammam.

2. Nick Jonas:

   The camp idea as a whole kind of lets you do whatever you want, but Louis XIV was a big [inspiration] for us both, and just playing into that sense of not taking yourself too seriously and having some fun with it.

3. Kim Gardner:

   It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner -- that is unlawful in the city of St. Louis.

4. John W. Hanley:

   Cultivate your curiosity. Keep it sharp and always working. Consider curiosity your life preserver, your willingness to try something new. Second, enlarge your enthusiasm to include the pursuit to excellence, following every task through to completion. Third, make the law of averages work for you. By budgeting your time more carefully than most people you can make more time available. Does the combination of curiosity, enthusiasm, and the law of averages guarantee success Indeed it does not ... Success in the final analysis always involves luck or the element of chance. Louis Pasteur grasped this well when he said that chance favors the prepared mind.

5. Donna Jackson:

   The St. Louis Post-Dispatch was not The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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