levanter

English

Etymology

• (wind): Levant +‎ -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France.
• (person): levant +‎ -er

Noun

levanter (plural levanters)

1. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
2. One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

Synonyms

• (wind): Levant

Translations

an easterly wind

• Greek: λεβάντες (el) m (levántes)

Further reading

• Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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