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whome

whome is the obsolete spelling of whom.

Meaning of whom

Pronoun

whom (singular and plural objective case of who)

  1. (formal, interrogative, often) As the object of a verb.
    • Whom did you ask?
  2. (formal, interrogative, often) As the object of a preposition.
    • To whom are you referring?
  3. (formal, often, relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
    • That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining)
  4. (formal, often, fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever.
    • To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
  5. (formal, informal, often, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
    • Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!

Proper noun capitalized: Whome

Whome

  1. A village on Flotta, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND352938).

Questions about whome

What does whome mean?
Whome means a village on Flotta, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND352938).
What is whome the obsolete spelling of?
Whome is the obsolete spelling of whom.
What part of speech is whome?
Whome is a proper noun.

Words near whome in the dictionary

  1. whoman
  2. whomble
  3. whombled
  4. whombles
  5. whombling
  6. whome
  7. whomen
  8. whomever
  9. whommle
  10. whommled
  11. whommles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whome (page history and authors); Whome (page history and authors); whom (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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