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who

 
pronunciation:
hu
part of speech: pronoun
definition 1: what person or persons.
Who are you?
definition 2: used as a relative pronoun to give information telling what person or persons one is talking about; that.
The woman who lives next door has a big, white cat.
definition 3: the person or persons that; any person or persons that.
Is it who I think it is?
definition 4: used as a relative pronoun to introduce extra information in connection with the person just mentioned.
Mrs. Jackson, who teaches second grade, has been teaching at the school for many years.