Levanter

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  • noun. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean area.
  • noun. A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who levants; one who runs away disgracefully.
  • noun. Specifically One who bets at a horse-race, and runs away without paying the wager lost.
  • noun. An easterly wind blowing up the Mediterranean from the direction of the Levant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who levants, or decamps.
  • noun. A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.
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  • noun. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
    • Word Usage
    "“This storm came like a levanter in the Mediterranean.”"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Easter  east wind  easterly  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Euroclydon  Tehuantepec wind  Tehuantepecer  bise  defaulter  
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