who
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
who/huː/
▶pronoun
- 1 [interrog. pron.] what or which person or people.
- 2 [rel. pron.] introducing a clause giving further information about a person or people previously mentioned.
■ archaic the person that; whoever.
– origin OE hwā, of Gmc origin.
usage: According to formal grammar, who forms the subjective case, while whom forms the objective case and so should be used in object position in a sentence. In modern English there are many speakers who rarely use whom at all, employing who in all contexts; today this use is broadly accepted in standard English.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
WHO/dʌbljuːeɪtʃˈəʊ/
▶abbreviation World Health Organization.
'who' also found in these Oxford entries:
Abbasid
- abbess
- abbot
- abolitionist
- absentee
- accessory
- accommodationist
- accompanist
- accomplice
- accountant
- ace
- acrobat
- active list
- actuary
- adaptor
- addict
- adept
- adherent
- ad litem
- adman
- adult
- adulterer
- adultery
- advocate
- Advocate Depute
- aerialist
- aesthete
- aesthetician
- affiant
- affirmative action
- aficionado
- after
- agent
- agnostic
- agony aunt
- agrarian
- Aids-related complex
- alarmist
- alewife
- alhaji
- alien
- alley-oop
- all-rounder
- Almoravid
- altar boy
- alter ego
- amanuensis
- amateur
- ambivert
- ambulance-chaser
