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Noun

levanter ‎(plural levanters)

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

Compare French faire voile en Levant ‎(“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France.

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• (wind): Levant

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• Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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