levanter

noun — 2 senses

levanter

noun

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

An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.

One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

Synonyms: Levant

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