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Definitions

Pronoun

1. 1
   Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition). formal

   "The letter is addressed to whomever it may concern."

Example

More examples

"You may invite whomever you like."

Etymology

From Middle English whomever; equivalent to whom + ever.

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