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levanter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lev-an-ter
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

Etymology

* (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France. * (person): levant + -er

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

levanters (plural)

Synonyms

Levant

Questions

What does levanter mean?
An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
Where does levanter come from?
* (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France. * (person): levant + -er

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