"whisperer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whisperers [plural]
Etymology: From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998). Etymology templates: {{af|en|whisper|-er|id2=agent noun}} whisper + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} whisperer (plural whisperers)
  1. Someone who whispers. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who whispers): chuchoteur [masculine] (French), chuchoteuse [feminine] (French), súgó (note: chiefly present participles only, not lexicalized as nouns) (Hungarian), suttogó (Hungarian), sugdolózó (Hungarian), pusmogó (Hungarian), duruzsoló (Hungarian), susogó (Hungarian), cogarnach [masculine] (Irish), chuchoteux [masculine] (Norman), chuchoteuse [feminine] (Norman), rūnere [masculine] (Old English), murmurador (Portuguese), neach-cagarsaich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-whisperer-en-noun-oTe-1rKZ Disambiguation of People: 22 19 28 32 Disambiguation of 'someone who whispers': 72 10 9 10
  2. Someone who tells secrets; a gossip. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-whisperer-en-noun-gRwsVPYM Disambiguation of People: 22 19 28 32
  3. 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. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-whisperer-en-noun-mF3cm27k Disambiguation of People: 22 19 28 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 6 50 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 10 48 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 13 53 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 10 54 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 66 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 10 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 9 53 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 8 62 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 12 11 46 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 6 5 60 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 8 44 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 8 55 29
  4. (figurative, by extension) 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 Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-whisperer-en-noun-9sePYmsk Disambiguation of People: 22 19 28 32 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 8 44 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: AI whisperer, dragon whisperer, horse whisperer

Inflected forms

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