LOUIS

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• LOUIS (noun)
  The noun LOUIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LOUIS used as a noun is very rare.

• LOUIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Joe Louis; Joseph Louis Barrow; Louis

Instance hypernyms:

gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)

 Context examples 

“’Tis the hand of God, I’m tellin’ you,” is the way Louis sees it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

According to a team from the Washington University in St. Louis.

(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, previously engineered a scaffold to guide stem cells into cartilage-producing cells.

(Stem cells grown on scaffold mimic hip joint cartilage, NIH)

Dr. Louis Muglia coordinated the study of the DNA of more than 50,000 pregnant women.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

Partner institutions include St. Louis Children's Hospital and BJC Healthcare.

(Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

“Our data provide novel evidence for the role of yogurt in the early stage of colorectal cancer development,” said study coauthor Dr. Yin Cao of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Since 2005, researchers have enrolled 560 children from 4 cities: Baltimore, Boston, New York, and St. Louis.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

A new study now adds kidney disease to the list, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System.

(Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New research by Washington University in St. Louis scientists show that it might soon be possible to engineer plants to develop their own fertilizer.

(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Your favourite schoolfellow, Louis Manoir, has suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)