levanter

American  

[li-van-ter] / lɪˈvæn tər /

noun

1. a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.

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levanter ¹ British  

/ lɪˈvæntə /

noun

1. an easterly wind in the W Mediterranean area, esp in the late summer

2. an inhabitant of the Levant

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levanter ² British  

/ lɪˈvæntə /

noun

1. a person who bolts or absconds

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Etymology

Origin of levanter

First recorded in 1620–30; Levant + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A view of a Levanter cloud formation over the Rock of Gibraltar, Britain August 24, 2022 in this still image obtained from social media.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2022

And what monsters: the Levanter, the Meltemi, the Mistral, often heralding their arrival with screeching like a getaway car on a bank heist.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018

Cruelty, Levanter muses, is magnified when those in authority "forget that their power is nothing more than a temporary camouflage of mortality."

From Time Magazine Archive

George Levanter, an Eastern European refugee from Nazi and Soviet persecution, is a "self-employed idea man."

From Time Magazine Archive

A stiff Levanter having thrown the Spanish far beyond their destination, they were returning eastward when on February 14, 1797, the two fleets came in contact within sight of Cape St. Vincent.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver