whosever
whoever is.
Contraction
- whoever is.
- This would make J. Dumars come off the bench and sometimes give us a nice 3 guard line-up sometimes with Hunter at SG, Dumars at SF, and whosever in between the pg's from GS. - 1997 January 7, Raj Capoor, “S. Augmon...
- People keep passing the buck to whosever left to blame. - 2000 July 20, Michael J. Sacks, “It's started already”, in alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs (Usenet):
- He can only play whosever on the other side of the net. - 2004 September 12, Storm, “Will Hewitt Make Tennis Slam History Tomorrow?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):
Origin
From whoever with who's replacing who.
Determiner
- Of whomever; belonging or related to whichever person or persons; whoever's.
- Whosever sunglasses these are will have to pick them up tomorrow.
- "And she is not wholesome, whosever word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came." - 1866, Mark Twain, The Galaxy, W.C and F.P. Church, page 584:
Origin
From whose + ever.
Forms
Pronoun
- That of whomever; that which belongs or is related to whatever person or persons; whoever's.
- Whosever it is, it will be seized.