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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024le•vant (li vant′),USA pronunciation v.i. [Brit. Slang.]- British Termsto leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
- Latin levāre
- Spanish levantar to lift (Compare levantar el campo to break camp, leave), frequentative of levar
- perh. 1750–60
- Place Namesthe lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
- ClothingAlso called Levant′ moroc′co. a superior grade of morocco having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.
- Middle French levant, noun, nominal use (with reference to rising sun) of present participle of lever to raise (se lever to rise). See lever
- earlier levaunt 1490–1500
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: levant /lɪˈvænt/ n - a type of leather made from the skins of goats, sheep, or seals, having a pattern of irregular creases
Etymology: 19th Century: shortened from Levant morocco (type of leather) Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Levant /lɪˈvænt/ n - the Levant ⇒ a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from the present participle of lever to raise (referring to the rising of the sun in the east), from Latin levāre |