whomsoever
Americanpronoun
pronoun
Etymology
Origin of whomsoever
1400–50; late Middle English, equivalent to whomso whomsoever ( early Middle English swā hwām swā; whom, so 1 ) + ever ever
Example Sentences
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Arguments that since the law removed office-holding disqualifications “from all persons whomsoever” meant it applies to future legislators were misplaced, according to Heytens.
From Seattle Times
The Amnesty Act of 1872 did just that when it declared that “all political disabilities imposed by the third section” of the 14th amendment were “hereby removed from all persons whomsoever.”
From New York Times
It stated that this disqualification was “hereby removed from all persons whomsoever,” save for a list of specific exceptions.
From Slate
Congress did just that, he said, with the Amnesty Act of 1872 that declared, that “all political disabilities imposed by the third section” of the 14th amendment were “hereby removed from all persons whomsoever.”
From New York Times
No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favoured; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress.
From Literature
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