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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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Today's American, let him go where'er he will, hears the sound of music still�hardly celestial, but often sky-born.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

O smile upon the youth no longer; He, in his impatience to be wedded, Chose a widow for his years unsuited, And where’er she goes, where’er she tarries, She is mourning for her ancient husband.

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John

The ocean pales where'er I sweep, I in my strength rejoice; And the monsters of the briny deep Cower, trembling, at my voice.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff