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whomst

/huːmst/

whomst is the nonstandard form of who.

Meaning of who

Pronoun

who (singular or plural, nominative case, objective whom, who, possessive whose)

  1. (interrogative, nominative, plural, singular) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
    • You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
  2. (nominative, plural, relative, singular) With antecedent as subject.
    • That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
  3. (nominative, plural, relative, singular, non-formal) With antecedent as object: whom.
    • That's the man who I saw earlier.
  4. (nominative, plural, singular, fused relative, archaic or marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.
    • Who dares wins.
  5. (informal, nominative, plural, singular, especially non-US) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
    • Who are the Miami Heat?

See all 8 meanings of who

Origin of whomst

From whom + -st (excrescent suffix).

Questions about whomst

What is whomst the nonstandard form of?
Whomst is the nonstandard form of who.
How do you pronounce whomst?
Whomst is pronounced /huːmst/.

Words near whomst in the dictionary

  1. whomso
  2. whomsoe'er
  3. whomsoever
  4. whomsomever
  5. whomsoëver
  6. whomst
  7. Whoniverse
  8. whoo
  9. whoo doggie
  10. whoo doggy
  11. whoo hoo

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