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Definition of 'Louise'English
Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
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* 1890 Arthur Weir, John Arthur Lockhart: The Romance of Sir Richard. Published by William Drysdale&Co. page 83:
- Louise , thy stately name sounds in my ear / Like a sea wave, that gathering, hill on hill, / Upon the blue horizon, smooth and still, / Sweeps to the shore
* 1957 , The Con Man , Armchair Detective Library (1991), ISBN 0922890935, page 47:
- That's what I baptized her. Mary Louise'. Everybody else called her just plain Mary, but that wasn't the way I intended it. I intended it Mary '''Louise'''. That's a pretty name, isn't it? Mary ' Louise . Mary is too...plain?
* 1991 Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers , G.K.Hall, ISBN 0816151660, page 111:
- I've always thought I was too large for a soft, musical name like Louise , too untidy.
Usage notes
Used in English since the seventeenth century, more in the U.K. than in the U.S.A. A common middle name today.
Related terms
* Lou, Louie, Louisa, Lula, Lulu
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