| 单词 |
levanter |
| 释义 |
levanter2|lɪˈvæntə(r)| [f. levant v.1 + -er1.] One who absconds; esp. one who does so after losing bets.
1781G. Parker View Society II. 168 Levanters, these are of the order and number of Black-Legs. Ibid. 170 If the horse which the Levanter betted upon has lost. 1811Sporting Mag. XXXVII. 303 Newmarket Levanter! 1833New Sporting Mag. V. 35 Boulogne whose inhabitants are partly composed of broken-down sportsmen and Levanters. 1888Traill Will. III, iv. (1892) 36 A royal martyr is a much more impressive object than a royal levanter. |

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