"whomso" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Etymology: From Middle English hwam se, hwamse, hwam swo, quam so, quham-so, wam-so, whame so, whamm se, whammse, wham so, wham-swa, whom so, whomso, wom so, from Old English hwām swā; equivalent to whom + so. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hwam se}} Middle English hwam se, {{inh|en|ang|hwām swā}} Old English hwām swā, {{compound|en|whom|so}} whom + so Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||the singular and plural objective case of|whoso|||||||||||||||head=}} whomso (the singular and plural objective case of whoso), {{en-pron|the singular and plural objective case of|whoso}} whomso (the singular and plural objective case of whoso)
  1. (obsolete) whichever person, whomever Tags: obsolete Synonyms: whom so
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