louis

¹

[ loo-ee; French lwee ]

noun

, plural lou·is [loo, -eez, lwee].

1. louis d'or.

Louis

²

[ loo-is loo-ee ]

noun

1. Joe Joseph Louis Barrow, 1914–81, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1937–49.
2. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “loud battle.”

Louis

¹

/ ˈluːɪs /

noun

1. LouisJoe19141981MUSSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Joe, real name Joseph Louis Barrow, nicknamed the Brown Bomber. 1914–81, US boxer; world heavyweight champion (1937–49)

louis

²

/ ˈluːɪ; lwi /

noun

1. short for louis d'or

Word History and Origins

Origin of louis¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

He says such themes could be found in unexpected places, including the background of Louis the alligator.

From Los Angeles Times

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon

He was held and released by police in Maryland Heights, a city northwest of St. Louis.

From Los Angeles Times

“Our study completes the work of Albert Einstein in his attempt to relate gravity and electromagnetism forces in the same geometric theory,” Monjo, a professor of mathematics at Saint Louis University in Spain, told Salon.

From Salon

Canter finished second to Louis Oosthuizen and his career was back on track.

From BBC