whisperer

noun

whis·​per·​er ˈ(h)wi-spər-ər 

plural whisperers

1

: one that whispers

specifically : rumormonger

2

a

: a person who excels at calming or training usually hard-to-manage animals using noncoercive methods based especially on an understanding of the animals' natural instincts

The last event of the day will be the horse whisperer breaking a wild horse and giving his testimony while he does it.

—Dale Carroll

A lion that mauled a young woman to death in South Africa was under the care of a man known as the "lion whisperer" for his close interactions with the predators.

—The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune

b

: a person who is unusually skilled at calmly guiding, influencing, or managing other people

Colleagues often call Williams the "child whisperer" because he reaches out with a quiet grace to children who need assistance and molds students who need to believe in their own future.

—Annie Martin

c

: a person considered to possess some extraordinary skill or talent in managing or dealing with something specified

Meatballs with spaghetti, meatball sliders, meatballs in a casserole, or just meatballs on the plate with a salad, my boys love them all, going so far as to call me the meatball whisperer.

—Neely Myers

Examples of whisperer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The View star, gentle Siri whisperer, swivel chair acrobatic artist, and one-time apartment building elevator hostage Joy Behar has, frankly, had it with the terroristic antics of America's shampoo companies! —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Trump whisperers have encouraged him to stop criticizing Harris personally, from scrutinizing her intelligence to her laugh. —Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Sep. 2024

More stories from the Style section HAND CURATED The ‘bottom whisperer’ will see you now. —Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 18 June 2024

While Dillingham's career soared in the following years, developing a reputation as a quarterback whisperer, Sims floundered. —Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1