"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 Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 48 52

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} whate'er, {{en-pron}} whate'er
  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 Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 48 52

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