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Webster 1913 Edition


Namesake

Name′sakeˊ

,
Noun.
[For
name’s sake
; i. e., one named for the sake of another's name.]
One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

Webster 1828 Edition


Namesake

NAMESAKE

,
Noun.
One that has the same name as another.

Definition 2024


namesake

namesake

See also: name-sake

English

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

  1. One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
  2. A person with the same name as another.
  3. A ship or a building that is named after someone or something

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Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

  1. (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.