Whosoever
[huːsəʊ'evə] or [,huso'ɛvɚ]
Definition
(pron.) Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.
Checker: Louie
Definition
indef. rel. pron. every one who: whoever.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- This was no sooner done than the figure arose, exclaiming in good French, Whosoever thou art, it is discourteous in you to disturb my thoughts. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But, the fierce figures were steadily wending East, West, North, and South, be that as it would; and whosoever hung, fire burned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; there is exactly the same lesson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then finally, pell-mell, as rear-guard, Flandre, Swiss, Hundred Swiss, other bodyguards, brigands, whosoever cannot get before. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I should loathe the man to whom I sold myself without love, whomsoever he might be. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This was quite according to rule, for the incompetent servant, by whomsoever employed, is always against his employer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To whomsoever the head had originally belonged, Silas Wegg would have regarded it as a personal favour if he had not cut quite so many teeth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The airship is on the market, ready to be purchased by whomsoever will pay the price. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No doubt I should have been miserable whomsoever she had favored; but a worthier object would have caused me a different kind and degree of distress. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They might be whomsoever they pleased, replied Wamba; but my neck stands too straight upon my shoulders to have it twisted for their sake. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Zamenhof