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whoever (iou)



whoever pronoun. . ME.
[from WHO pronoun + EVER.]
I.
Any person or persons who. ME.
B. Bettelheim Whoever saves a life..remains beholden to the person he saved.
b. Any person or persons whom. L16.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Whoe'er you find attach.
No matter who; the unknown person or persons who; colloq. some similar person (usu. preceded by or). E16.
V. Woolf Listening to Miss La Trobe or whoever it was, practising her scales. She: Whoever wields the hardware, family photography can be a battleground.
II. interrog.
(Also as two words.) Used with emphatic force in place of who in a question. colloq. L19.
E. Bowen Whoever is she talking to on the stairs?