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Weathercock

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
  2. One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
    figuratively
  3. A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
    Canada, US

Equivalents

Españolveleta
Françaisgirouette
DeutschWetterfahneWetterhahn
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CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Weathercocks Weathered weatherer weatherfish Weatherford weathergami

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