rainmaker

Meanings

1. Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall.
2. A medicine man, shaman, or the like, who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals, as in African or Native American cultures.
3. A person who seeks to induce rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.
4. A person having the ability to generate business, raise funds, or otherwise engineer success for a company, organization, etc.
5. A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.

Etymology

From rain + maker.

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