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whoe'er

American  
[hoo-air] / huˈɛər /

pronoun

Literary.
  1. contraction of whoever.


Example Sentences

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"Quite true!" said the Clover, "And over and over I've sung that same song To whoe'er came along."

From Pinafore Palace by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

O thou! whoe'er thou art, assist us;—aid “Our undertakings;—who have seiz'd thee, spare, “Unknowing what they did.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Victor with these, whoe'er oppose, Thy hand shall conquer all thy foes, Though Gods and spirits of the air, Serpents and fiends, the conflict dare.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

“Eurytus Hippodamia seiz'd; the rest “Grasp'd such as pleas'd them, or whoe'er they met.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Then list, O man, to me: So heavy, that whoe'er 'neath it enrolls, It lifts to the highest poles.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard