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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Then think where'er I wander, The sport of seas and wind, No distance hearts can sunder, Whom mutual truth has joined.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Long may you live, secure from woes, Late dying, meet a calm repose, And flowers, that in profusion grow, Bloom round your steps, where'er you go.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau

Thy fickle fancy, Yet unfetter'd, will not always thus, Gay as the light breeze, rove where'er she list, Nor heeding ought she passes.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

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