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who

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/huː/ English

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noun

  1. A person under discussion; a question of which person.

pronoun

  1. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)β€œI don't know who it is. (indirect question)”
  2. (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.β€œI don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.”
  3. (relative) The person or people that.
  4. (relative) Whoever, he who, they who.β€œIt was a nice man who helped us.”

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