誰 — meaning in English

English meaning

• who pron Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
• whose det Belonging to which person; used to ask or show ownership.

Senses

誰 is used for these senses in English:

• who (fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.
• whose (interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

who — full definition

1. pron Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
2. pron Used to introduce a clause that gives more information about a person already mentioned.

whose — full definition

1. det Belonging to which person; used to ask or show ownership.
2. pron The one(s) belonging to whom.

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