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whoso

[ hoo-soh ]

pronoun

objective whomso.
  1. whosoever; whoever.


whoso

/ ˈːəʊ /

pronoun

  1. an archaic word for whoever
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whoso1

1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa, Old English ( ) hwā . See who, so 1
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Emerson was right when he said, “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. … Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.”

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“Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist,” Emerson wrote in 1841.

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Or: “Does it not say in scripture: Whoso emigrates in the cause of God shall find on earth many places of emigration and abundance? And elsewhere: You will surely find that the nearest in amity toward the believers are those who say: ‘We are Christians,’ and that is because they do not grow proud?

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William McKinley in 1901: Proverbs 16:20-21 “He that handleth a matter wiseley shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.”

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King Pellinore dosed his eyes tight, extended his arms in both directions, and announced in capital letters, “Whoso Pulleth Out This Sword of this Stone and Anvil, is Right- wise King Born of All England.”

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