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whisperer

noun

Etymology

From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).

  1. derived from *ḱweys-✻
  2. inherited from *hwisprōną✻
  3. inherited from *hwisprōn✻
  4. inherited from hwisprian
  5. inherited from whisperen
  6. formed as whisperer — “whisper + -er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who whispers.

  2. Someone who tells secrets

    Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.

  3. Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal…

    Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person

      Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject

      • dog whisperer
      • hormone whisperer
      • 'Cause I hear you've been worse than usual this morning and I didn't think that was possible. So I've been dispatched to be the Steve whisperer.

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No curated loop yet for whisperer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA