Synonyms for rainmaker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : reyn-mey-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪnˌmeɪ kər

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Définition of rainmaker

Origin :
  • also rain-maker, 1775, in reference to American Indian tribal magicians, from rain (n.) + agent noun of make (v.).
  • As in artillery : noun weaponry or military unit
Example sentences :
  • For all this, interest in the rainmaker's efforts did not lax.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • The last of the correspondents left on the evening of the day that Judge Thayer set the rainmaker to work.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • But the wind was against the rainmaker; nature conspired to mock him before men as the quack that he was.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • The town knew all about the rainmaker at work behind the shielding rows of tall corn in Judge Thayer's garden.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • The rainmaker sent up his vain, his fatuous, foolish, infinitesimal breath of smoke.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • Has any utmost precision of barometer been able to drive the priest out of his prerogatives as rainmaker?
  • Extract from : « The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition » by Upton Sinclair

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