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nameling
nameling
English
Noun
nameling (plural namelings)
- (rare, archaic) Either of a group of people sharing the same name
- 1994, Claire A. Culleton, Names and Naming in Joyce:
- Eveline Hill, the protagonist of the Dubliners story "Eveline," for example, successfully extricates herself from the confines of her "Eve" name since, like her nameling in the Garden of Eden who was tempted by promises of knowledge, Eveline, too, is tempted: [...]
- 2014, Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About:
- [...] namelings, people having the same name when [...]
- 1994, Claire A. Culleton, Names and Naming in Joyce:
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989