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# whoso

pronoun

«whoso» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Anyone who; whichever person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whoso/#m1)

### Then and now

Today it is an old form of "whoever"; the sense is the same.

### Examples

- Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man. (Torah GEN.9.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whoso/#x1)
- Whoso beheld was filled with her love. (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whoso/#x2)
- And whoso toucheth any one that is unclean by the dead; or from whomsoever the flow of seed goeth out; (Torah LEV.22.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whoso/#x3)

### Note

Today: whoever.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whoso» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whoso/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whoso» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/whoso.html) on Mova free.