levanter
English
editEtymology
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
editlevanter (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
editFurther reading
edit- Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia