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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1648-1668
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(Wha-sa-ever,) Whosoever, pron. and adj. [Var. of Quha-sa-ever pron. and adj. and Quho-so-ever pron.] a. = Quho-so-ever pron. b. = Quha-sa-ever adj. —a. 1648 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 503.
Whosoever are misprisers of the blessed work of Reformation —b. 1668 Edinb. B. Rec. X 45.
That whosoever parents … shall send them [sc. children] … without the citie … there to be taught Latine shall pay quarterlie to the master of the heigh schooll als much as [they would have paid in any case]
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