weatherman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.
We were watching the weather that night. The weather man couldn't even fathom what was about to be the worst flooding that we had ever experienced in our area.
2012, Derra Byrd, 2 Losses 1 Divine Gift, Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, page 11:“Cool and brisk in the morning, warming to the low seventies by afternoon,” Ruby said anticipating the weatherman's words.
2014, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, Kensington Books, page [245]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weather man | alternative | lexicographic | |
| weathermen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Translations (19)
de Meteorologe (weather forecaster) · nl weerpresentator (weather forecaster) · bg синоптик (weather forecaster) · ja 天気予報係 (weather forecaster) · ca presentadora del temps (weather forecaster) · ro meteorolog (weather forecaster) · ro meteorologist (weather forecaster) · sv meteorolog (weather forecaster) · fr météorologue (weather forecaster) · ca presentador del temps (weather forecaster) · de Wetteransager (weather forecaster) · it meteorologo (weather forecaster) · lt orų pranešėja (weather forecaster) · fi säätiedottaja (weather forecaster) · de Wetterfrosch (weather forecaster) · pl meteorolog (weather forecaster) · nl weerman (weather forecaster) · lt orų pranešėjas (weather forecaster) · es meteorólogo (weather forecaster)