Forecaster

//ˈfɔːkɑːstə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who forecasts.

    "Students will be surprised to see the weather forecaster is not really standing in front of the maps. These are keyed in electronically; the forecaster stands in front of a green/blue screen."

  2. 2
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) wordnet
  3. 3
    A software program or algorithm that forecasts.

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Example

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"The weather forecaster predicts sunny weather tomorrow."

Etymology

From forecast + -er.

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