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Definition of zephyr noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

zephyr

noun
 
/ˈzefə(r)/
 
/ˈzefər/
 (literary)
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  1. a soft gentle windTopics Weatherc2
    Word Originlate Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros ‘(god of the) west wind’. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
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