whose
1. whose \(')hu:z, u:z\ aj [ME whos, gen. of who, what] : of or relating to
whom or which esp. as possessor or possessors {~ gorgeous vesture heaps
the ground -Robert Browning}, agent or agents {the law courts, ~ decisions
were important -F.L. Mott}, or object or objects of an action {the first
poem ~ publication he ever sanctioned -J.W. Krutch}
2. whose pn sing or pl in constr : whose one or whose ones - used without
a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose
{tell me ~ it was shak.}