levanter
English edit
Etymology edit
- (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 edit
levanter (plural levanters)
- 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 edit
- (wind): Levant
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia