louis

IPA: ɫˈuɪs

Root Word: Louis

A male given name from French.
(uncommon) A female given name.
(historical numismatics) Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.
(historical numismatics) The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.
(historical numismatics, informal) The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.
(historical numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings. [(historical numismatics) Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.]

Examples of "louis" in Sentences

-- "What! they have not re-coined louis: I am surprised at this.
With the sum of eighty louis, which is all that is subscribed for my professorship, I cannot continue them on any large scale.
The Curé would follow the Queen as she collected this small tax for her poor people, a levy which often totaled as much as much as one hundred 'louis' and never less than fifty.
Champagne, borrowed the money to pay his expenses, while his stinted household is kept up only by means of a louis which is given to him weekly by his father-in-law, who is a coffee-house keeper.
Keep it pretty similar, but this time the celebs (ie cowel, cole, 'louis' and who ever is in the 4th slot) would have to make their cases to a 'jury' of 9. (randomly selected members whot get to sack who ever they like.
Throughout the South and the East individuals in easy circumstances purchase this commission of beggar for a "louis," or for ten crowns, and, putting three livres in a cup, go about presenting it in this or that parish: [5263] ten of the inhabitants of a small mountain village and five inhabitants in the little village of Treignac obtain their discharge in this fashion.