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levanter

[ li-van-ter ]

noun

  1. a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.


levanter

1

/ ɪˈæԳə /

noun

  1. an easterly wind in the W Mediterranean area, esp in the late summer
  2. an inhabitant of the Levant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

levanter

2

/ ɪˈæԳə /

noun

  1. a person who bolts or absconds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of levanter1

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