louis d'or

American  

[loo-ee dawr, lwee dawr] / ˌlu i ˈdɔr, lwi ˈdɔr /

noun

plural

louis d'or

1. a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.

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louis d'or British  

/ lwi dɔr, ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː /

noun

1. a former French gold coin worth 20 francs

2. an old French coin minted in the reign of Louis XIII

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Etymology

Origin of louis d'or

First recorded in 1680–90; from French: literally, “Louis of gold”; named after Louis XIII

Example Sentences

For this play the writer received one hundred and fifty louis d'or.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo

Let him have one hundred louis d'or out of the fortune which blind Chance threw to you tonight.'

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

My function was to submit to the issue of fortune not only my own stack of louis d'or, but also the considerable purse that they had raised among them.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

He states that Paine remained in his house a year and a half, and that be advanced him 250 louis d'or.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

By the edict of May of the same year their equivalence was raised 20 per cent.—the louis d'or to 24 livres, the louis d'argent to 6 livres.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur