Definition of Saint louis

1. Noun. King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270).

Exact synonyms: Louis Ix, St. Louis
Generic synonyms: King Of France, Saint

2. Noun. The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century.
Exact synonyms: Gateway To The West, St. Louis
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Missouri, Mo, Show Me State

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Louis

Saint Joan
Saint John
Saint John's
Saint John's bread
Saint John River
Saint John the Apostle
Saint Johns
Saint Johns River
Saint Joseph
Saint Jude
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Saint Louis
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucian
Saint Lucian Creole French
Saint Lucians
Saint Luke
Saint Maarten
Saint Mark
Saint Martin
Saint Martin's summer
Saint Mary
Saint Matthew
Saint Matthew the Apostle
Saint Monday
Saint Nicholas

Literary usage of Saint louis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"East saint louis is served by 27 trunk line railroads, all connected by four terminal belt lines. One hundred and twenty-five passenger trains and 150 ..."

2. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"Royalty under the reign of saint louis—Influence of his personal ... saint louis began by doubting the legitimacy of what his predecessors had done. ..."

3. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"saint louis began by doubting the legitimacy of what his predecessors had done. ... saint louis was above all a conscientious man, a man who before acting ..."

4. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1846)
"Royally under the reign of saint louis—Influence of his personal ... saint louis began by doubting the legitimacy of what his predecessors had done. ..."

5. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), William Hazlitt (1875)
"Royalty under the reign of saint louis—Influence of his personal ... saint louis began by doubting the legitimacy of what his predecessors had done. ..."

6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"From 1810, the date of the first Federal census, to 1880, the totals include with the city of saint louis the population of saint louis County, ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A large part of the population of the State is of German extraction having settled especially in saint louis and along the Missouri River. ..."

8. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Wilcox, DF saint louis. (In "Great cities in America," p. 308-345.) »$1.25. ... Head, I. Historical and Interesting places of saint louis, pa. 25c. '09. ..."

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