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# {{lb|en|possessive}} Of [[whomever]]; belonging or related to whatever person or persons; whoever's. |
# {{lb|en|possessive}} Of [[whomever]]; belonging or related to whatever person or persons; whoever's. |
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#: '''''Whosever''' property it is, it will be seized.'' |
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|passage="And she is not wholesome, '''whosever''' word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came."}} |
|passage="And she is not wholesome, '''whosever''' word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came."}} |
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Revision as of 12:18, 31 August 2023
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Determiner
whosever (formal)
- (possessive) Of whomever; belonging or related to whatever person or persons; whoever's.
- Whosever property it is, it will be seized.
- 1866, Mark Twain, The Galaxy, W.C and F.P. Church, page 584:
- "And she is not wholesome, whosever word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came."
Pronoun
whosever (formal)
- (possessive) That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever's.
- Whosever it is, it will be seized.
Usage notes
In everyday language, whoever's is used instead.
See also
Etymology 2
From whoever with whose replacing who.
Contraction
whosever
- (proscribed) whoever is.