Definition of Levantines

1. levantine [n] - See also: levantine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Levantines

lev
lev-
leva
levacetylmethadol
levalbuterol
levallorphan
levallorphan tartrate
levamisole
levan
levan fructotransferase
levana
levansucrase
levanted
levanter
levanters
levantines
levanting
levants
levari facias
levarterenol
levarterenol bitartrate
levation
levator
levator anguli oris
levator ani
levator cushion
levator hernia
levator labii superioris
levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Literary usage of Levantines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... according to the manner of the Levantines, with a veil without a collar, which reaches down to the knees, ..."

2. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"... Levantines—Their characteristics—The Greeks—Their commercial enterprise—The English—The Army of Occupation—Anglo-Egyptian officials—Feelings entertained ..."

3. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The Turkish language is little understood in Egypt. (8). Levantines. A link between the various classes of dwellers in Egypt and tie visitors to the banks ..."

4. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea by Sir Adolphus Slade (1833)
"... distrust of the Turks of witnesses, unavoidable when those witnesses are Levantines, would be overcome, for the English character is high in the East. ..."

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