levanter

It was the beginning of a "Levanter," and scarcely ruffled the surface as it swept along.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851|Various
From March 26th, we have had nothing like a Levanter, except for the French fleet.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The wind which blew when St Paul was shipwrecked, now called Levanter, from its violence.
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2|William Lisle Bowles
The night was dark and rainy, and a Levanter—that wind which brings cold and misery and illness—was blowing fiercely.
The Rock of the Lion|Molly Elliot Seawell

And that was the Levanter of to-day, Euraquilo, they call it—hell let loose.
The Wind Bloweth|Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

British Dictionary definitions for levanter (1 of 2)

levanter¹

/ (lɪˈvæntə) /

noun (sometimes capital)

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

an inhabitant of the Levant

British Dictionary definitions for levanter (2 of 2)

levanter²

/ (lɪˈvæntə) /

noun

British a person who bolts or absconds

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British Dictionary definitions for levanter (1 of 2)

noun (sometimes capital)

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noun