rel. pron.
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Whoso, hōō′so, Whosoever, hōō-so-ev′ėr, indef. rel. pron. every one who: whoever.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
When the rel. pron. is of the interrog. kind, it refers to the word or phrase containing the answer to the question, for its subsequent, which subsequent must agree in case with the interrogative.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
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