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
Dale CarrollA 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
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
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
Neely MyersExamples of whisperer in a Sentence
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Nick Garcia is like a horse whisperer, but for shotputters.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
Trump won in 2024 partly because Biden whisperers convinced him that voters craved high-octane progressivism, from trillion-dollar spending tranches to innumerable pronouns.
—George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
Like with Darnold, head coach Kevin O'Connell is a quarterback whisperer.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
At the risk of flogging whatever’s left of Secretariat, Clark is the WNBA’s horse whisperer.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
Trump won in 2024 partly because Biden whisperers convinced him that voters craved high-octane progressivism, from trillion-dollar spending tranches to innumerable pronouns.
—George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
Like with Darnold, head coach Kevin O'Connell is a quarterback whisperer.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
At the risk of flogging whatever’s left of Secretariat, Clark is the WNBA’s horse whisperer.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whisperer
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“Whisperer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whisperer. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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