Levanter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Levanter \Le*vant"er\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"[~e]r), n. [From {Levant},
     v.]
     One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Levanter \Le*vant"er\, n. [From {Levant}, n.]
     A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. --W. H.
     Russell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  levanter
       n : an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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