English

Pronoun

whoso

1. (archaic) whosoever, whatever person
   • 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Aholibah, lines 148-150

     And whoso findeth by the sea

     Blown dust of bones will hardly say

     If this were that Aholibah.

   • Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang

     Whoso raises his hand against you must answer to my sword

   • The Quest of the Golden Girl, Richard Gallienne

     And whoso kisseth those apples high, Who kisseth once is a king, Who kisseth twice shall never die, Who kisseth thrice--oh, were it I.

   • Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted by Martin Luther King in "Strength to Love" 1977

     Whoso would be a man would be a nonconformist.

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• how so, howso