English Explanatory Dictionary

whoever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
  2. Any person or persons that.
  3. The person that (no matter who).
  4. Regardless of the person or persons that.
  5. Any person or persons.
  6. Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use.

Pronunciation

/huˈɛvɚ/ en-US whoever.ogg /huˈɛvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whoever.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-whoever.wav

Word forms

whoever whomever whosever whoe'er whoëver

Etymology

From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever.

Related words

nobody whatever whenever wherever whomever whosoever

Derived words

whoever smelt it dealt it
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