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whoe'er

/huːˈɛə(ɹ)/

whoe'er is the contraction of whoever.

Meaning of whoever

Pronoun

whoever (nominative case, objective whomever, possessive whosever)

  1. (interrogative, nominative) Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
    • Whoever thought up that stupid idea?
  2. (nominative, fused relative) Any person or persons that.
    • Whoever breaks the law will be punished.
  3. (nominative, fused relative) The person that (no matter who).
    • Whoever robbed that old lady ought to be locked up.
  4. (nominative) Regardless of the person or persons that.
    • Whoever stole the painting, the police will catch the thief in no time.
  5. (informal, nominative) Any person or persons.
    • I don't care who gets it; give it to whoever.

Questions about whoe'er

What is whoe'er the contraction of?
Whoe'er is the contraction of whoever.
How do you pronounce whoe'er?
Whoe'er is pronounced /huːˈɛə(ɹ)/.

Words near whoe'er in the dictionary

  1. whodunnit
  2. whodunnitry
  3. whodunnits
  4. whodunwhat
  5. whodunwhats
  6. whoe'er
  7. whoes
  8. whoever
  9. whoever pays the piper calls the tune
  10. whoever smelt it dealt it
  11. whoever's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whoe'er (page history and authors); whoever (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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