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Definition of Levanter
1. Noun. An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area.
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
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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