rainmaker
rainmaker Lexical Profile
rainmaker Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who generates substantial new business, revenue, or clients for a company, law firm, or organization.
"The senior partner was celebrated as the firm's primary rainmaker after securing three major corporate accounts."
A person who attempts or claims to cause rain to fall, whether through traditional ritual practices or modern meteorological methods such as cloud seeding.
"During the prolonged drought, desperate farmers hired a self-proclaimed rainmaker to seed the clouds."
A percussion instrument consisting of a long hollow tube filled with small beads or seeds that produces a sound resembling falling rain when tilted.
"The percussionist slowly inverted the wooden rainmaker to create a soothing ambient effect during the acoustic set."
• Rhymes for rainmaker
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 18th century as a compound of 'rain' and 'maker', initially describing Indigenous shamans believed to summon rain. The figurative business sense emerged in American legal and corporate jargon during the late 20th century.