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noun
A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of the Weather Underground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
predicts the weather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weather forecaster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meteorologist
History
Etymology tree English weather Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English weatherman From weather + -man.
From the line you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
