Dictionary entry

Whereabout

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Where″a‐bout′ (?), Where″a‐bouts′ (?) }, adv.

1. About where; near what or which place; — used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?

☞ In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.

2. Concerning which; about which. “The object whereabout they are conversant.” Hooker.