whom

Whom is formal English and is used instead of "who" when the sentence is referring to an object pronoun and not when the sentence is referring to a subject pronoun such as he or she.

(pronoun)

An example of whom is someone asking which person someone is speaking to, "To whom are you speaking?"

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See whom in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pronoun

who

Origin: ME < OE hwam, dat. of hwa, who

See whom in American Heritage Dictionary 4

pron.
The objective case of who. See Usage Note at who.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English hwǣm, hwām; see kwo- in Indo-European roots

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