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Louis

noun US /ˈluːɪs/

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

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,602 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,357 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) also: Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Louis in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • When we got back, Augustus was swinging Lady Grenellen in a lovely Louis XV.

    The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1

  • The air began to get close and thick like a porterhouse steak in a St. Louis hotel.

    You Can Search Me · George V. (George Vere) Hobart · Chapter 1

  • She had known Wellington, and Palmerston, and John Russell, and Disraeli, and Gladstone, and Louis Napoleon, and Garibaldi, and many more.

    Pearl of Pearl Island · John Oxenham · Chapter 1

  • It is true the grievance goes back to Louis XIV., but the leader is written with plenty of spirit and present indignation.

    Castle Rackrent · Maria Edgeworth · Chapter 1

  • Those, happening in the State of Mississippi and at St. Louis are, perhaps, the most dangerous in example and revolting to humanity.

    Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1

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