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who

/huː/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person under discussion; a question of which person.
  2. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)
  3. (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.
  4. (relative) The person or people that.
  5. (relative) Whoever, he who, they who.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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