/ˈwɛðəˌwɪmᵻn/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌwɪmᵻn/.weatherwomann.
/ˈwɛðəˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌwʊmən//ˈwɛðəˌwɪmᵻn/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌwɪmᵻn/. 1. A woman who observes or makes a report about the weather. Now chiefly: a woman who presents the weather forecast on radio, television, etc. Cf. weathergirl n., weatherman n. 1.
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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
1901 Bedford (Indiana) Weekly Mail 13 Aug. 1/2 It has been forty-one days since Terre has been visited by a perceptible rainfall. There have been three attempts at precipitation, which Mrs. Baker, the weatherwoman at the Normal school, calls ‘traces’ in her weather report.
1931 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 19 May 1/6 Torrid weather caused the temperature to climb to 87 degrees Fahrenheit at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, according to Mrs. C. N. France, Athens weatherwoman.
1973 Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 3/3 BBC Television is to have its first weather woman. She is Miss Barbara Edwards,..who at present reads weather forecasts on radio.
2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. (Features section) 11 The weatherwoman on the television predicted that a cold snap was coming and there might be snow on high ground.
2. With capital initial: a female member of the radical militant Weather Underground organization (see Weather Underground n. at weather n. Compounds 2). See also weatherman n. 2. Now historical.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > political associations or societies > members of
Wiskinkie1800
funder1872
granger1875
Tammanyite1882
Bundist1907
America Firster1927
Bircher1961
Birchite1961
John Bircher1961
1969 Bradenton (Florida) Herald 10 Oct. 1/6 Earlier Thursday, in Grant Park.., a dozen ‘Weatherwomen’ were arrested in a clash with police.
1982 Times 28 May 9/3 Diana Arp..was from a very wealthy family and became a Weather woman, making bombs.
2020 M. Rocha Weatherwomen 54 The Weatherwomen largely embraced this view of themselves as fighters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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