whoso
Americanpronoun
pronoun
Etymology
Origin of whoso
1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa, Old English ( swā ) hwā swā. See who, so 1
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William McKinley in 1901: Proverbs 16:20-21 “He that handleth a matter wiseley shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.”
From Time ● Jan. 19, 2017
Was it not written: "Here lies the great King and whoso disturbs this tomb, on him may the curse of the Pharaoh rest"?
From Time Magazine Archive
Whoso bears the sun in himself is able to warm all everywhere; but whoso is a flame, even the most ardent, warms only those who are nearest.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
But whoso doth these orders disobey, Unto the stocks we will take him straightway, There to remain until he be willing To pay his forfeit and the clerk a shilling.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
The mountains have their message, I think, for whoso will lend an ear to them, and that morning they seemed to speak to me with an unanimous voice.
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
And he took the wand wherewith he lulls the eyes of whomso he will, while others again he even wakes from out of sleep.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
The heart's pain is removed * by union with the beloved * and whomso his lover paineth * only Allah assaineth!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And with the whisper filtered another—that she was rich; that she had lumps of gold, which she would give gladly to whomso aided in placing her Antonin on the throne.
From Imperial Purple by Saltus, Edgar
It will be noted that whoever, whosoever, and whoso have objective forms, whomever, whomsoever, and whomso; and possessive forms, whosoever, whosesoever, and Page 28 whoseso.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
It so happened that under the republic there was a law against whomso diminished the majesty of the people.
From Imperial Purple by Saltus, Edgar
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