whoso
Americanpronoun
objective
whomsopronoun
Etymology
Origin of whoso
1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa, Old English ( swā ) hwā swā. See who, so 1
Example Sentences
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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
Whoso loves and befriends the poor is acceptable to God.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Then he turned to the colonels: "Whoso is with me, let him go to the right side of the hall!"
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Whoso has once heard it, and gone to sleep towards the end of it, will never afterwards complain of the harmless musical reunions of our London cats.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
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