Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Levanter \Le*vant"er\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"[~e]r), n. [From {Levant},
   v.]
   One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]

Levanter \Le*vant"er\, n. [From {Levant}, n.]
   A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. --W. H.
   Russell.

Source : WordNet®

levanter
     n : an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area