noun
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A person under discussion; a question of which person.
pronoun
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(interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)
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I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
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(interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.
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I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse.
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(relative) The person or people that.
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(relative) Whoever, he who, they who.
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It was a nice man who helped us.
Examples of who in a Sentence
The boy who sat beside him was his son.
Who had handed it to her?
Are you going to tell me who he is?
After all, who knows?
I guess because the only one who should be looking at it is my husband.
Who was paying for this?
His attention shifted to Destiny, who was still sleeping.
Who is the other?
Who are you looking for this time?
The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own, and the health of Her Majesty, "who, thank God, was better today."
These were very numerous, for the place was thickly inhabited, and a large group of the queer people clustered near, gazing sharply upon the strangers who had emerged from the long spiral stairway.
Tessa was the girl who left him standing at the altar once.
Who do you think you're fooling?
Who decides what the Internet will become?
One day a friend of his who lived in Boston came to see him.
Who do we call?
Who else had he told?
Carmen shot a glance at Alex, who was giving his meal undue attention.
It was my teacher who unfolded and developed them.
When I learned that there was a gift for each child, I was delighted, and the kind people who had prepared the tree permitted me to hand the presents to the children.
It was a house full of people who happened to be related to him.
The family on my father's side is descended from Caspar Keller, a native of Switzerland, who settled in Maryland.
Something drew her attention to Jonathan, who was watching Alex intently.
But who is he?
Ferapontov's wife, who till then had not ceased wailing under the shed, became quiet and with the baby in her arms went to the gate, listening to the sounds and looking in silence at the people.
Just then Dorothy, who had risen early and heard the voices of the animals, ran out to greet her old friends.
She had been the one who pushed him back into it.
Who would have thought it?
Who the hell are you?
Who would believe my answers?
Who would see it?
I don't know who he is!
Then he turned back to his father, who was watching him with interest.
The cab-horse, who never slept long at a time, sat upon his haunches and watched the tiny piglets and the kitten with much approval.
Carmen shifted her attention to Señor Medena, who was focused on Alex at the moment.
I wasn't the one who wanted to come here in the first place.
Kings and queens who wear a suit but once, though made by some tailor or dressmaker to their majesties, cannot know the comfort of wearing a suit that fits.
Apparently Señor Medena had two children who denied him.
Then, on Friday those who have done the best may stand up and read their compositions to the school.
You don't even know who we are?
These children are learning it just as the first people who lived on the earth learned it in the beginning.
A friend of hers who is a florist asks if she can advertise on the site.
And who might that be?
Who is behind this enterprise?
I've got friends, who get me stuff every ones in a while but it's not always easy.
If he knew who Alex really was, he probably knew more than Alex did.
He was a man who said little, but felt a lot.
It's who he is.
Then who was it?
You're the one who...