whoso
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See also: who so
English
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[edit]From Middle English hoe so, hoo so, hoo-so, hos, hose, ho so, ho-so, hwao-se, hwa se, hwase, hwa swa, hwo se, hwo so, oso, qhooso, qua sa, qua-so, quo so, quo-so, quuo-so, qwa se, wah-swa, wea swa, whas, whasa, whase, wha so, wha-so, wha sua, wha swa, wha-swa, whoo so, whos, whose, who so, who-so, whoso, wos, wo-se, wose, wo so, woso, wua sua, from Old English hwā swā; equivalent to who + so.
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[edit]whoso (objective whomso, possessive whoseso)
- (archaic) whosoever, whatever person
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:20-21:
- 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Aholibah, lines 148-150:
- And whoso findeth by the sea
Blown dust of bones will hardly say
If this were that Aholibah.
- 1898, Andrew Lang, Arabian Nights:
- Whoso raises his hand against you must answer to my sword.
- 1896, Richard Le Gallienne, The Quest of the Golden Girl:
- And whoso kisseth those apples high, Who kisseth once is a king, Who kisseth twice shall never die, Who kisseth thrice--oh, were it I.
- 1963, Martin Luther King, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance", quoted in "Strength to Love":
- Whoso would be a man would be a nonconformist.
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