whoso

[ hoo-soh ]

pronoun

, objective whom·so.

1. whosoever; whoever.

whoso

/ ˈhuːsəʊ /

pronoun

1. an archaic word for whoever

Word History and Origins

Origin of whoso¹

1125–75; Middle English, early Middle English hwa swa, Old English ( swā ) hwā swā. See who, so ¹

Example Sentences

Emerson was right when he said, “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. … Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.”

From Washington Post

It was all well enough in the Southland, under the law of love and fellowship, to respect private property and personal feelings; but in the Northland, under the law of club and fang, whoso took such things into account was a fool, and in so far as he observed them he would fail to prosper.

From Literature

“Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist,” Emerson wrote in 1841.

From Washington Post

Or: “Does it not say in scripture: Whoso emigrates in the cause of God shall find on earth many places of emigration and abundance? And elsewhere: You will surely find that the nearest in amity toward the believers are those who say: ‘We are Christians,’ and that is because they do not grow proud?

From The New Yorker

William McKinley in 1901: Proverbs 16:20-21 “He that handleth a matter wiseley shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.”

From Time