weatherman
pronunciation
How to pronounce weatherman in British English:
UK [ˈweðəmæn]
How to pronounce weatherman in American English:
US [ˈweðərmæn]
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- Noun:
- predicts the weather
Word Origin
- weatherman (n.)
- "one who observes the weather," 1869, from weather (n.) + man (n.). Weather-prophet is from 1784 as "barometer;" 1827 as "person who predicts the weather." Clerk of the Weather, I deplore That all thy greatness is no more, As should a gentle bard; That Nature, or that Nature's law When you politely called for thaw, Gave frost was rather hard. [from Consolatory Address to Mr. Murphy, the Weather Prophet," Colburn's New Monthly Magazine, 1838]
Example
- 1. I think he said he 's a weatherman or something .
- 2. The weatherman ? What are you doing with him ?
- 3. The weatherman said something about hail ?
- 4. I only vaguely knew he was a weatherman .
- 5. I could have murdered that weatherman .