weatherman

See also: Weatherman

English

Alternative forms

• weather man

Etymology

From weather +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

weatherman (plural weathermen)

1. A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts.
   • 2014, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, Kensington Books, page [245]:

     “Cool and brisk in the morning, warming to the low seventies by afternoon,” Ruby said anticipating the weatherman's words.

   • 2012, Derra Byrd, 2 Losses 1 Divine Gift, Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, page 11:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• weatherwoman

Derived terms

• you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

 

Translations

weather forecaster

• Bulgarian: синоптик m (sinoptik)
• Dutch: weerman (nl) m, weerpresentator (nl) m
• Finnish: säätiedottaja
• French: météorologue (fr) m or f
• German: Wetteransager m, Wetterfrosch (de) m, Meteorologe (de) m
• Italian: meteorologo m
• Japanese: 天気予報係 (tenki yohō-gakari)
• Lithuanian: orų pranešėjas m, orų pranešėja f
• Polish: meteorolog (pl) m
• Romanian: meteorolog (ro) m, meteorologist m
• Spanish: meteorólogo (es) m
• Swedish: meteorolog (sv) c