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(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..
Use louis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Louis means (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..
Common synonyms include Louis, lew.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use louis where its definition matches the intended context.
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