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

It was the levanter, the wind that came from Africa.

From Literature

A royal martyr is a much more impressive object than a royal levanter.

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Near the small island of Alberaw we fell in with two frigates convoying twenty sail of levanters, the commodore of which called me brother-in-law.

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A gentle levanter was wafting them through the Archipelago.

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Such, in its greatest simplicity, is the procedure which, as will be seen, has provoked a very levanter of ire and vilification.

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