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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Last but Not Least As Joe Biden’s science whisperer, Arati Prabhakar introduced the president to ChapGPT.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 May 2024
Gifted with a love of the outdoors and an adventurous spirit, Mrs. Smith enjoyed riding a motorcycle, liked to observe wildlife, and was something of a deer whisperer.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 May 2024
Gifted with a love of the outdoors and an adventurous spirit, Mrs. Smith enjoyed riding a motorcycle, liked to observe wildlife, and was something of a deer whisperer.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Whisperer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whisperer. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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