Weatherman en · NOUN
Etymology
From the line you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Meanings
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(US, historical) A member of the Weather Underground.
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.
2008 April 18, Matthew Yglesias, “Knowing Which Way The Wind Blows”, in The Atlantic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weathermen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |