whoso
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Thou shalt wear a hair shirt next thy skin; thou shalt drink water only; and thou shalt be at peace; yes, wholly at peace; for whoso comes to seek thee shall go his way again baffled; he shall not find thee, he shall not molest thee. '
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- pronoun Who; whoever; whatever person.
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- Swim who can, and whoso is too clumsy let him sink. — The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
- But, whoso can not enjoy agreeable movements is happy in being guaranteed from the sensations of pain. — Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century
- The soft rushing noise of air-conditioning replaced the silence in the darkened room, and he welcomed the coolness. — Critical Condition
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Thou shalt wear a hair shirt next thy skin; thou shalt drink water only; and thou shalt be at peace; yes, wholly at peace; for whoso comes to seek thee shall go his way again baffled; he shall not find thee, he shall not molest thee. '
— Vietnam: Solutions - But whoso is of generous heart And harbors generous aims, his guests proclaim His praises far and wide to all mankind, And numberless are they who call him good. " — Beethoven the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words
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- from Middle English *whoso, hwase, whoso (cf. Middle English dative hwamso, whomso); cf. Anglo-Saxon swā hwa suā: see who and so.
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/ (ho͞oˈsō)/
ahd pronounces "whoso"
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