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RAINMAKER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rainmaker" is a kind of...):

medicine man (a Native American shaman)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rainmaker" is a kind of...):

executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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