WHOEVER


Meaning of WHOEVER in English

hüˈevə(r) pronoun

Etymology: Middle English who ever, from who (I) + ever

1. : whatever person : any person at all that : no matter who — used in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive

sells … eggs to whoever has the money to buy — J.R.Chamberlain

whoever he picks has to have the stature of a collaborator, not a subordinate — Time

whoever she weds, she never descends below the rank to which she was born — Agnes M. Miall

he is a good man himself, whoever his friends are

that is not true, whoever you heard it from

2. : who I 1 — used in questions expressing astonishment or perplexity

whoever can that be

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.