weathergirln.
/ˈwɛðəɡəːl/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌɡərl/ A (young) woman who observes or makes a report about the weather. Now chiefly: a (young) woman who presents the weather forecast on radio, television, etc.
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society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [noun] > types of
co-host1908
announcer1922
newsreader1925
race-reader1926
newscaster1930
sportscaster1930
quizzee1933
school broadcaster1937
commentator1938
racecaster1938
sportcaster1938
femcee1940
record jockey1940
disc jockey1941
narrator1941
deejay1946
colourman1947
anchorman1948
host1948
jock1952
speakerine1957
presenter1959
linkman1960
anchorwoman1961
rock jock1961
anchor1962
jockey1963
voice-over1966
anchorperson1971
outside broadcaster1971
news anchor1975
talk-master1975
satcaster1982
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology
meteorologer1555
meteorologician1580
meteorologian1583
meteorologist1638
weatherling1656
aerologist1847
aerographer1849
skygazer1860
weather-lorist1905
Met1943
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > broadcasting > one who
weather-forecaster1900
weather-casterc1904
1894 Evening News (London) 27 Oct. 2/7 She is the ‘weather-girl’ who prognosticates changes of climate on the front page of a pictorial contemporary.
1958 Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 39 603/1 Mention should also be made of the genuine meteorologists among the myriad radio and television ‘weather girls’.
2022 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 6 Gauteng fishers might be cursing the weather girl, but on the other side of the world La Niña is providing a fishing boon.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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