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where'er

American  
[wair-air, hwair-] / wɛərˈɛər, ʰwɛər- /

conjunction

Literary.
  1. contraction of wherever.


where'er British  
/ wɛərˈɛə /

adverb

  1. a poetic contraction of wherever

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Let me go where'er I will I hear a sky-born music still.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wild behemoth could overtake them where'er they went.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George

And thus where'er Man feels as man, the earth is beautiful.

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde

But O! remember me, Willie, On land where'er ye be,— And O! think on the leal, leal heart, That ne'er luvit ane but thee!

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

Jesus! 'tis He who once below Man's pathway trod mid pain and woe: And burdened hearts where'er He came Brought out their sick and deaf and lame.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese

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