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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] updated on September 29, 2018 |