"levanter" Definition

Definitions for the word "levanter" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
One who levants, or decamps.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. slang
a card-sharper, or defaulting gambler. It was formerly the custom to give out to the creditors, when a person was in pecuniary difficulties, and it was convenient for him to keep away, that he was gone to the East, or the LEVANT; hence, when one loses a bet, and decamps without settling, he is said to LEVANT. The LEVANT was also a notorious place for queer customers, who would do anything rather than pay. Its reputation is not particularly odorous even now.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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