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   who

   /huː/

   pronoun

   • 1. what or which person or people: "who is that woman?"
   • 2. used to introduce a clause giving further information about a person or people previously mentioned: "Joan Fontaine plays the mouse who married the playboy"
   • ▪ the person that; whoever: archaic "who holds the sea, perforce doth hold the land"

   Word Origin Old Englishhwā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wie and German wer.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

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