whisperer
Americannoun
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whisperers
plural
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a person or thing that whispers.
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a gossip, talebearer, rumor-monger, or the like.
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a person who handles or trains a specified type of animal mostly by means of gestures and has a special talent for communicating with the animal.
a horse whisperer; a dog whisperer.
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a person who has a special ability to calm, control, or influence another person based on an understanding of that person’s motives, needs, etc.
noun
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a person or thing that whispers
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a person who is able to tame or control animals, esp by talking to them in gentle tones
a horse whisperer
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All of this came despite working under coach Kevin O’Connell, widely regarded as a quarterback whisperer, and playing with one of the NFL’s best receivers in Justin Jefferson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
There’s a new head coach, Joe Brady, promoted from within to be an Allen whisperer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
There’s also little chemistry in his scenes with Alicia Vikander, herself struggling to find dimension in a trophy girlfriend, whose greatest skill in an ever-changing Russia seems to be as an oligarch whisperer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Stubb's role as what some media outlets have described as a "Trump whisperer" has not gone unnoticed in other European capitals.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
A horse whisperer was what they called him.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
They also serve as executive whisperers, translating the goals and strategies from bosses on high, while also acting as buffers for those higher up the ladder, sparing executives the headaches of petty issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Anthropic’s Amodei siblings hail from the Rationalist school, as do Sanders’ A.I. whisperers, who got the lawmaker a personal meeting with Yudkowsky about extinction.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
There are also jobs for truffle hunters, "wine whisperers" and wombat walkers willing to take the marsupials "on their morning waddle".
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Alabama coach Nick Saban and Georgia's Kirby Smart are not exactly known as quarterback whisperers, or the types of cutting-edge offensive innovators that get a ton of attention in college football these days.
From Fox News ● Nov. 17, 2021
He looked back at the whisperers as if he wanted to say something to them, but thought better of it.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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