levanter

[ li-van-ter ]

/ lɪˈvæn tər /

a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.

Origin of levanter

First recorded in 1620–30; Levant + -er¹

It was the beginning of a "Levanter," and scarcely ruffled the surface as it swept along.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 |Various
From March 26th, we have had nothing like a Levanter, except for the French fleet.

The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) |A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The wind which blew when St Paul was shipwrecked, now called Levanter, from its violence.

The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 |William Lisle Bowles
The night was dark and rainy, and a Levanter—that wind which brings cold and misery and illness—was blowing fiercely.

The Rock of the Lion |Molly Elliot Seawell

And that was the Levanter of to-day, Euraquilo, they call it—hell let loose.

The Wind Bloweth |Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

levanter ¹

/ (lɪˈvæntə) /

an easterly wind in the W Mediterranean area, esp in the late summer

an inhabitant of the Levant

levanter ²

/ (lɪˈvæntə) /

British a person who bolts or absconds