whoever

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   Any person that; the person that.

   Whoever breaks the law will be punished.

2. 2
   pron

   No matter who.

   Whoever you are, you can't come in without a ticket.

3. 3
   pron

   Used to ask a question with surprise, an emphatic form of 'who'.

   Whoever thought up that idea?

From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever.

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