Weatherman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.

    "“Cool and brisk in the morning, warming to the low seventies by afternoon,” Ruby said anticipating the weatherman's words."

  2. 2
    A member of the Weather Underground. US, historical

    "On the Clinton conference call this morning, Howard Wolfson—under rather aggressive questioning from Mother Jones' David Corn—said he didn't know how Hillary felt about her husbands pardons of two former Weathermen. But he drew a distinction by pointing out that no Weathermen ever held fundraisers for Hillary Clinton."

  3. 3
    a man who predicts the weather wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
announcermeteorologistweather forecasterweatherpersonweatherperson

Example

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"The weatherman says we'll have rain in the afternoon."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From weather + -man.

Etymology 2

From the line you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Related phrases

you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blowsleft wingweather forecaster

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