weatherman
noun
a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
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[weth-er-man]
/ ˈwɛð ərˌmæn /
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a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
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a weathercaster.
Weatherman
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/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /
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weatherman
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/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /
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See -man.
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According to TMZ, the alleged intruder was searching for Al Roker but instead turned his focus to Melvin when he couldn’t find the longtime weatherman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
“After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, ‘You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"Couldn't be better timed to encourage a young weatherman in the making."
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
As Bob Dylan famously observed, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
But the weatherman keeps scratching at his collar like he can’t get enough air.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The frantic warnings of a Cosmic Weatherman go unheard as winter, confoundingly, follows spring, and summer arrives as a double cataclysm of fire and floods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
As the Cosmic Weatherman, John Mburu ably demonstrated how smoothly baroque arias for bass—regardless of their original subjects—can be repurposed as howls of despair about a modern apocalypse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Weatherman and O’Neill advanced first and second, respectively, out of an 11-candidate field.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
Since my accident, I decided to say yes to any opportunity that came my way, something that has seen me become a TV presenter on BBC Wales' Weatherman Walking.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
You know, I have always been the Weatherman of Arkville, and, if I do say it, I have hit the mark every time.
From Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe by David Cory
But he said he would not miss being on duty during settled periods of weather as they were "pleasant for most people, but boring for weathermen".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2023
Where Santa Monica Boulevard crosses Vermont Avenue, the rain, as the weathermen reported dispassionately, “exceeded the computed maximum 50-year rainfall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Without playing a game, Simmons is getting dunked on, from wrestlers to weathermen to Shaq, and there's no respite from the insults, not as long as he refuses to play for the Philadelphia 76ers.
From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021
Without playing a game, Simmons is getting dunked on, from wrestlers to weathermen to Shaq, and there’s no respite from the insults, not as long as he refuses to play for the Philadelphia 76ers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
I’m in the land of concrete and weathermen.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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