noun
Meaning 1
Someone who whispers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
whisperer
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.
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noun
Meaning 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.
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noun
Meaning 4
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Examples
- dog whisperer
- hormone whisperer
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noun
Meaning 5
one who speaks in a whisper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
History
Etymology
From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuiskaaja — someone who whispers
- French: chuchoteur — someone who whispers
- French: chuchoteuse — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: súgó — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: suttogó — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: sugdolózó — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: pusmogó — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: duruzsoló — someone who whispers
- Hungarian: susogó — someone who whispers
- Irish: cogarnach — someone who whispers
- Kalmyk: шимлдәч (şimldäç) — someone who whispers
- Norman: chuchoteux — someone who whispers
- Norman: chuchoteuse — someone who whispers
- Old English: rūnere — someone who whispers
- Portuguese: murmurador — someone who whispers
- Scottish Gaelic: neach-cagarsaich — someone who whispers
- Swedish: viskare — someone who whispers
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