whosoever
Americanpronoun
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whomsoever,
objective
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whosesoever
possessive
pronoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of whosoever
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at whoso, ever
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Liberian Vice-President Jeremiah Koung praised the security forces for the operation and said whosoever was found culpable would "feel the full weight of the law, regardless of who you are".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Besides, the Bible also says that whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Puritan colonists in Massachusetts did the same, fining "whosoever shall be found observing Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or any other way."
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
The result: whosoever objects to the union of these two people, speak now or forever hold your peace.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
Said I, “We are an army that but waits to be mustered. We shall join whosoever doth free us first.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Luke 12:48 it states: “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required,”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Norman cited a Bible verse from the book of Luke: “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2018
There would be on all hands the utmost detestation of whomsoever had been guilty of such cruelty.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018
They accuse the prison authorities of violating their constitutional duty under the eighth amendment to provide healthcare wherever, and for whomsoever, it is deemed medically necessary.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2015
His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomsoever he knew.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
And presently: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to him; whosesoever ye retain, they are retained.
From The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
Whatever might have been the cause, or whosesoever the fault, one duty, paramount to all others, was before me, namely, to maintain and preserve at once the Constitution and the integrity of the Federal Republic.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863 by Abraham Lincoln
The six heretical propositions which have gone before are enunciated with sufficient clearness to enable me to prove without any difficulty that, whosesoever they are, they are not mine.
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Thomas H. Huxley
The poem, whosesoever it was, has much virulence, and some sprightliness.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
To which the other answers at once: "Since thou wilt not do this, whosesoever the shame and loss may be, thou must come outside with me and there engage me hand to hand."
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
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