whate'er
English
[edit]Determiner
[edit]whate'er
- (poetic, uncommon) Contraction of whatever.
- 2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 254:
- " […] because I think ye will be rushing off to the nearest bed with whate'er woman is ogling ye at that moment."
Pronoun
[edit]whate'er
- (poetic) Contraction of whatever.
- 1858, Catherine Winkworth, Whate'er my god ordains is right, translation of Samuel Rodigast's Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (1675)