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  weatherman

  noun

  a person who forecasts and reports the weather; meteorologist.
• Weatherman
  Weatherman

  noun

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

weatherman

American  

[weth-er-man] / ˈwɛð ərˌmæn /

noun

weathermen plural

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

2. a weathercaster.

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Weatherman ¹ British  

/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /

noun

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

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weatherman ² British  

/ ˈwɛðəˌmæn /

noun

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

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Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• weathermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of weatherman

First recorded in 1535–45; weather + man

Example Sentences

“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

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

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

You can’t change the weather by firing the weatherman.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2025

Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

I gathered that Alice was a bit more reliable than the weatherman, though.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer