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levanter

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le·vant·er  (l-vntr)
n.
1. A strong easterly wind of the Mediterranean area.
2. Levanter A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
levanter1
n (sometimes capital)
1. an easterly wind in the W Mediterranean area, esp in the late summer
2. (Social Science / Peoples) an inhabitant of the Levant
levanter2
n
Brit a person who bolts or absconds
levanter
a strong east wind in the Mediterranean region.
See also: Wind
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Noun1.levanter - an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
east wind, easterly, easter - a wind from the east
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So that Monsoons, Pampas, Nor-Westers, Harmattans, Trades; any wind but the Levanter and Simoom, might blow Moby Dick into the devious zig-zag world-circle of the Pequod's circumnavigating wake.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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