weatherman

[weth-er-man]

noun

plural

weathermen 

1. a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.

2. a weathercaster.

Weatherman

¹

/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /

noun

1. a member of a militant revolutionary group active in the US during the 1970s

weatherman

²

/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /

noun

1. a person who forecasts the weather, esp one who works in a meteorological office

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weatherman¹

First recorded in 1535–45; weather + man

Word History and Origins

Origin of weatherman¹

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."

Example Sentences

Coleman spent almost four decades as NBC4’s whimsical weatherman, a key player in what was arguably the most veteran broadcast news team in Los Angeles.

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As Bob Dylan famously observed, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

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The ‘Today’ weatherman has always loved animation, and now with his new weather-focused series on PBS Kids, he’s finally realizing a dream.

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But when he grew up and became the “Today” weatherman instead, he had the idea to combine his love of weather with his love of animation into a children’s TV series.

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It's a view shared by Alan Sealls, a former TV weatherman who now teaches meteorology at the University of South Alabama, and consults as a forensic meteorologist, providing weather analysis for legal cases.

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