whosever
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Determiner[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
In everyday language, whoever's is used instead.
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From whoever with whose replacing who.
Contraction[edit]
whosever
- (proscribed) whoever is.