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Louis XVI

Definition: Louis XVI

Louis XVI

Noun

1. King of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led the the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Louis XVI

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Biographical Satire

LOUIS XVI, 1754-1793. A Louis who continued the traditions of his ancestors, but--. Married Marie Antoinette. Introduced the turkey trot and the salome dance at Versailles. While his subjects were starving he ate pate de foies gras. They objected and carried his White Wigginess to Paris, where he ended his reign. Ambition: To have been any one of his ancestors, even No. 9. Recreation: Short walks in the jail yard. Address: Not permitted to receive letters. Epitaph: Easy Falls The Head Which Wore A Crown. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Louis XVI

English words defined with "Louis XVI": Anne Robert Jacques TurgotDantonGaetan Vestris, Georges Jacques DantonLion of LucerneMarie AntoinetteTurgotVestris. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Louis XVI": Companions of JehuDying SayingsFilia DolorosaLit de Justice, LOUIS XVIMalbroukNotables. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Louis XVI

DomainTitle

Books

  • Le château de Marly sous le règne de Louis XVI : étude du décor et de l'ameublement des appartements du Pavillon royal sous le règne de Louis XVI (reference)

  • Jetons de Flandre, Artois, Hainaut, Cambrai : les pays formant le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, de la fin du ráegne de Louis XIV, & âepoque de Louis XV & Louis XVI, (1712 áa 1789) (reference)

  • Avantgarde-Mode : Louis XVI bis Art deco : aus der Sammlung August Ohm (reference)

  • Louis XVI and the comte de Vergennes : correspondence 1774-1787 (reference)

  • Vergennes : ministre principal de Louis XVI (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Louis XVI

Illustrations:
Louis XVI

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Use in Literature: Louis XVI

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

So long as he had the Carmagnole merely for his chorus, he overthrew only Louis XVI.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Louis XVI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

louis xvi

111

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41

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10

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9

chair louis xvi

8

louis xvi restaurant

6

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6

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3

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3

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3

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2

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2

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2

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2
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Anagrams: Louis XVI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-l-o-s-u-v-x"

-3 letters: louis, viols.

-4 letters: luvs, oils, silo, soil, soli, soul, viol.

-5 letters: lis, lox, luv, lux, oil, six, sol, sou, sox, vis, vox, xis.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Louis XVI


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 6F 75 69 73      58 56 49

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101111 01110101 01101001 01110011 00100000 01011000 01010110 01001001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#111 &#117 &#105 &#115 &#32 &#88 &#86 &#73

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 006F 0075 0069 0073      0058 0056 0049

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46818775852585643

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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