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levanter
[ li-van-ter ]
noun
- a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
levanter
1/ ɪˈæԳə /
noun
- an easterly wind in the W Mediterranean area, esp in the late summer
- an inhabitant of the Levant
levanter
2/ ɪˈæԳə /
noun
- a person who bolts or absconds
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The levanter was still getting stronger, and he felt its force on his face.
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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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