"whate'er" meaning in English

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Determiner

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  1. (poetic, uncommon) Contraction of whatever. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic, uncommon Alternative form of: whatever
    Sense id: en-whate'er-en-det-VblqRAJS Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Pronoun

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  1. (poetic) Contraction of whatever. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Alternative form of: whatever
    Sense id: en-whate'er-en-pron-VblqRAJS Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
     
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