levanter

4 definitions found

levanter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Levanter \Le*vant"er\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"[~e]r), n. [From Levant,
     v.]
     One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]
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  Levanter \Le*vant"er\, n. [From Levant, n.]
     A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. --W. H.
     Russell.
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levanter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  levanter
      n 1: an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area

levanter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "levanter":
     Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, bise, defaulter,
     delinquent, east wind, easter, easterly, gregale, mistral,
     nonpayer, north wind, northeaster, norther, northwester,
     south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly buster, southwester,
     tax dodger, tax evader, tramontane, welsher, west wind, wester,
     westerly