Wiktionary:Word of the day/February 19

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Word of the day
for February 19
rainmaker n
  1. Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall.
    1. An African or Native American medicine man who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals.
    2. A person who seeks to induce rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.
  2. (originally Canada, US, figuratively, informal) A person having the ability to generate business, raise funds, or otherwise engineer success for a company, organization, etc.
  3. (baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.
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