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whereunder

whereunder adverb: under which or what.

Adverb

whereunder (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Under which or what.
    • The real bottom cause of the change was the "gentlemen's agreement" between the two party machines whereunder both entered the service of the same master.1911, David Graham Phillips, chapter 8, in The Conflict

Origin of whereunder

From where + under.

Questions about whereunder

What does whereunder mean?
Whereunder means under which or what.
What part of speech is whereunder?
Whereunder is an adverb.

Words near whereunder in the dictionary

  1. wheretoever
  2. wheretofore
  3. wheretosoever
  4. wheretoward
  5. wheretowards
  6. whereunder
  7. whereuntil
  8. whereunto
  9. whereup
  10. whereupon
  11. wherever

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