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Noun: rainmaker  'reyn,mey-ku(r)
  1. [N. Amer, informal] Executive who is very successful in bringing in business to their company or firm
    "The law firm's top rainmaker secured several high-profile clients last year"
     
  2. A person with special powers believed capable of causing rain through ritual or magic
    "The tribe called upon their rainmaker during the drought"

Derived forms: rainmakers

Type of: exec [informal], executive, executive director, medicine man

Encyclopedia: Rainmaker