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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.
Definition 2024
namesake
namesake
See also: name-sake
English
Noun
namesake (plural namesakes)
- One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
- A person with the same name as another.
- A ship or a building that is named after someone or something
Synonyms
Translations
person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
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person with the same name as another
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Verb
namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)
- (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.