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noun
An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.
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noun
an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: east wind, easter, easterly
History
* (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
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