pron.
Pronunciation: ' hüz, üz
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English whos, genitive of who, what
Date: before 12th century
: of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors < whose gorgeous vesture heaps the ground ― Robert Browning>, agent or agents <the law courts, whose decisions were important ― F. L. Mott>, or object or objects of an action <the first poem whose publication he ever sanctioned ― J. W. Krutch>