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who - What does it mean?

Definition of 'who'

English

Pronoun

  • (interrogative pronoun) What person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).
  • Who is that? (direct question)
    I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
  • (relative pronoun) The person or people that.
  • It was a nice man who helped us.

    Usage notes

    When "who" (or the other relative pronouns "that" and "which") is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus "I who am...", "He who is...", "You who are...", etc.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A person under discussion; a question of which person.
  • * {{quote-news|year=2008|date=March 21|author=The New York Times|title=Movie Guide and Film Series|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist. }}

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