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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge..
They [...] are excellent weather-prophets; but they appear to think that they can add power to the natural phenomena by singing and performing ritual dances, and so on.
"Diodorus," he says, "distinctly states that the hawk, in Egypt, was venerated because it foretold the future." (Birds generally act as weather-prophets.)
Use weather-prophet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Weather-prophet means A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge..
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They [...] are excellent weather-prophets; but they appear to think that they can add power to the natural phenomena by singing and performing ritual dances, and so on.
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