Definition of whom
objective case of who
—used as an interrogative or relative —used as object of a verb or a preceding preposition to know for whom the bell tolls— John Donne or less frequently as the object of a following preposition the man whom you wrote to though now often considered stilted especially as an interrogative and especially in oral use —occasionally used as predicate nominative with a copulative verb or as subject of a verb especially in the vicinity of a preposition or a verb of which it might mistakenly be considered the object whom say ye that I am — Matthew 16:15 (King James Version)people … whom you never thought would sympathize— Shea Murphy
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The first known use of whom was before the 12th century
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