D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Whoever

/ho͞o-ĕv'-ẽr/ · Who·ev·er · IPA /huˈɛvɚ/
01 pron. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.
  1. 1.
    Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.