namesake
Americannoun
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a person or thing named after another or whose name is given to another person or thing.
Little Dora lay asleep in the arms of her namesake, great-aunt Dora.
The memory of Robert and Signe McMichael is honored in their namesake, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
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a person or thing having the same name as another.
The cities of Hyderabad, Pakistan, and Hyderabad, India, are namesakes.
noun
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a person or thing named after another
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a person or thing with the same name as another
Etymology
Origin of namesake
First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of name's ( name + 's 1 ) sake 1
Example Sentences
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These works join nearly 300 others shown over the years since the troupe’s founding by its namesake in 1958.
Despite his owner being the “Peanuts” strip’s main character and the namesake for most of the franchise’s adaptations, Snoopy was inarguably its breakout star.
From Los Angeles Times
The San Diego native and “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” namesake, 57, made his ballet debut Saturday skating on stage for Golden State Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.”
From Los Angeles Times
During her tenure there, Coach closed underperforming stores and got inventory under control, helping the namesake brand post its first quarterly sales increase in North America in almost three years.
She misses her daughter, her namesake, and weeps at the sight of school buses.
From Los Angeles Times
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