who
who BrE [huː] NAmE [huː] pronoun
1. used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people
• Who is that woman?
• I wonder who that letter was from.
•Who are you phoning?
•Who's the money for?
2. used to show which person or people you mean
• The people who called yesterday want to buy the house.
•The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card.
3. used to give more information about sb
• Mrs Smith, who has a lot of teaching experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September.
• And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in.
compare ↑whom
Idioms: who am I/who are you to do something? ▪ ↑who's who
Word Origin:
[who] Old English hwā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wie and German wer.
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