Definition of Levanter

1. Noun. An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area.

Generic synonyms: East Wind, Easter, Easterly

Definition of Levanter

1. n. One who levants, or decamps.

2. n. A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.

Definition of Levanter

1. Noun. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Levanter

1. an easterly Mediterranean wind [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Levanter

leuprorelin
leurocristine
lev
lev-
leva
levacetylmethadol
levalbuterol
levallorphan
levallorphan tartrate
levamisole
levan
levan fructotransferase
levana
levansucrase
levanted
levanter (current term)
levanters
levantines
levanting
levants
levari facias
levarterenol
levarterenol bitartrate
levation
levator
levator anguli oris
levator ani
levator cushion
levator hernia

Literary usage of Levanter

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

1. A Year in Spain: By a Young American by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1836)
"Home-sickness—Yearnings for Granada—levanter—Departure from Gibraltar—The Rock at Sunset—Mediterranean Currents—The Voyage—Nautical Yams—A Tale of ..."

2. Narrative of the Late Expedition to the Dead Sea: From a Diary by One of the edited by Edward P. Montague (1849)
"... gone—Our Captain recovering at the lazaretto— A gale of wind—French steamer—A wreck—'A levanter— Lazaretto nuisances. ..."

3. The Spanish Campaign in Morocco by Frederick ( Hardman (1860)
"early to-morrow, it may leave sooner than usual, or that, if levanter comes, our communications may be cut off before morning, I send this letter to-night, ..."

4. Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier, K. C. B by George Thomas Napier (1884)
"... Honourable George Napier—Lord Cornwallis— Nelson—Collingwood—Tangier—a levanter—Tetuan—Ceuta— Messina—Scylla and Charybdis—Things that an Officer should ..."

5. The Square-rigged Cruiser: Or, Lorrain's Sea-sermons by Alfred M. Lorrain (1856)
"... V. THE levanter. GREAT God, with wonder we survey Thy works on every hand; They loom majestic on the sea, And glorious on the land. When, in the black, ..."

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