Meaning & use
Whisperer
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A person believed to have a special, gentle ability to calm, understand, or influence a particular kind of animal or person.
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The trainer was known locally as a horse whisperer for his calm way with skittish animals.
Her coworkers jokingly called her the 'printer whisperer' since she could fix any jam.
A note on using this word
Originally described skilled, gentle animal handlers, and has since broadened informally to describe anyone with an uncanny knack for calming something difficult.
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