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who

who \(')hu:, u:\ pn [ME, fr. OE hwa-; akin to OHG hwer, interrog. pron., 
   who, L q]uis, Gk tis, L qui, rel. pron., who 1: what or which person or 
   persons - used as an interrogative {~  was elected president} {find out ~ 
   they are}; used by speakers on all ecuational levels and by many reputable 
   writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, as the object of a verb or 
   a following preposition {~ did I see but a Spanish lady -Padraic Colum} {do 
   not know ~ the message is from -G.K. Chesterton} 2: the person or persons 
   that : WHOEVER  3: - used as a function word to introduce a relative 
   clause; used esp. i n reference to persons {my father, ~ was a lawyer} but 
   also in reference to groups {a generation ~ had known nothing but war -R.B. 
   West} or to animals {dogs ~ ... fawn all over tramps -Nigel Balchin} or to 
   inanimate objects esp. with the implication that the reference is really to 
   a person {earlier sources ~ maintain a Davidic ancestry -F.M. Cross} 
   archaic  : as one that : as if someone  archaic  : so to speak  : the 
   identity of or the noteworthy facts about each of a number of perso ns - as 
   who