LEVANT


Meaning of LEVANT in English

n.

Pronunciation: l ə - ' vant

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare

Date: 1797

chiefly British : to run away from a debt

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