whoso
Americanpronoun
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whomso
objective
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
Now the third joy of making, the sweet flower Of blessed work, bloometh in godlike spirit; Which whoso plucketh holdeth for an hour The shrivelling vanity of mortal merit.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
Worthy gentlemen! whoso is a Catholic, whoso a Pole, whoso has pity on the Most Holy Lady, let him follow me!
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
All who had remained true to her and served with heart and soul, rose and grew greater and greater; whoso sinned against her went down.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Now, therefore, shall the King’s Son be free, though he know it not, to cast his love on whomso he will; and, in a way, I also shall be free to yeasay him.
From Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Edgar Saltus
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 Andrew Lang
To whomso she shows favour, even if they be men, she ends their feuds.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
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