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weather-prophet en · NOUN
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A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge.
They [...] are excellent weather-prophets; but they appear to think that they can add power to the natural phenomena by singing and performing ritual dances, and so on.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 179:
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An animal whose behaviour is an indication of coming weather, especially change of season.
"Diodorus," he says, "distinctly states that the hawk, in Egypt, was venerated because it foretold the future." (Birds generally act as weather-prophets.)
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 56:
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