levanter

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

levanter (plural levanters)

An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

Synonyms

(wind): Levant

Translations

an easterly wind

Greek: λεβάντες (el) m (levántes)

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