weatherman

[weth-er-man]

weath·er·man

[weth-er-man]
noun, plural weath·er·men.
1.
a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
2.
a weathercaster.

Origin:
1535–45; weather + man1


See -man.

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Weatherman is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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weatherman (ˈwɛðəˌmæn)
 
n , pl -men
a person who forecasts the weather, esp one who works in a meteorological office

Weatherman (ˈwɛðəˌmæn)
 
n , pl -men
(US) a member of a militant revolutionary group active in the US during the 1970s
 
[C20: name adopted from a line in Bob Dylan's song ``Subterranean Homesick Blues'': "You don't need a weatherman To know which way the wind blows."]

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