Le·vant 1 (l -v nt ) The countries bordering on the eastern Mediterranean Sea from Turkey to Egypt. Le van·tine (l vn-t n, -t n, l-vn-) adj. & n. |
| Le·vant 2 (l-vnt) n. A heavy, coarse-grained morocco leather often used in bookbinding. Also called Levant morocco. [After Levant1.] |
| le·vant (l-vnt) intr.v. le·vant·ed, le·vant·ing, le·vants Chiefly British To leave hurriedly or in secret to avoid unpaid debts. [Possibly from Spanish levantar (el campo), to lift, break (camp), from Vulgar Latin *levant  re, from Latin levns, levant-, present participle of levre, to raise; see lever.] |
levantine [ˈlɛvənˌtaɪn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a cloth of twilled silk
Levantine [ˈlɛvənˌtaɪn]
adj
(Placename) of or relating to the Levant
n
(Social Science / Peoples) (esp formerly) an inhabitant of the Levant
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| Noun | 1. | Levantine - (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant Levant - the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" |
| Adj. | 1. | Levantine - of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast" |
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