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whoso

[ hoo-soh ]
/ ˈhu soʊ /
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pronoun; objective whom·so.
whosoever; whoever.
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Origin of whoso

1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa,Old English (swā) hwā swā.See who, so1
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British Dictionary definitions for whoso

whoso
/ (ˈhuːsəʊ) /

pronoun
an archaic word for whoever
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