weather-prophet

English

Noun

weather-prophet (plural weather-prophets)

1. A person who foretells the weather, especially without modern meteorological aids or knowledge.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 179:

     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.

2. An animal whose behaviour is an indication of coming weather, especially change of season.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 56:

     "Diodorus," he says, "distinctly states that the hawk, in Egypt, was venerated because it foretold the future." (Birds generally act as weather-prophets.)