In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WHOEVER
Etymology
Pronoun
whoever nominative case (objective whomever, possessive whosever)
An emphatic form of who.
Whatever person or persons.
No matter who.
Pronoun
whoever
Misspelling of who ever.
Anagrams
• everwho, however
Source: Wiktionary
Who*ev"er, pron.
Definition: Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. "Whoever envies or repines." Milton. "Whoever the king favors." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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