whoso

American  

[hoo-soh] / ˈhu soʊ /

pronoun

whomso objective

1. whosoever; whoever.

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whoso British  

/ ˈhuːsəʊ /

pronoun

1. an archaic word for whoever

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Etymology

Origin of whoso

1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa, Old English ( swā ) hwā swā. See who, so ¹

Example Sentences

Whoso enters Honan to fight her defenders," read the curse, "shall suffer the withdrawal of the protection of his ancestors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other people ignore the legend or interpret it as gentle self-ingratiation by the Gillette Co., meaning, "Whoso uses a Gillette razor, he strops not, neither does he hone."

From Time Magazine Archive

On this subject men say, Whoso governs a kingdom in knowledge, the same is the destroyer of that kingdom; whoso governs a kingdom assigning no reason, the same maintains that kingdom.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Whoso lacketh a stock, his gain's not worth a chip.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Preston, Thomas

Whoso turns as I, this evening, turns to God to praise and pray, While Jove’s planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick