namesake
Collocations
4ADJ.
largest, older
VERB + NAMESAKE
learned
NAMESAKE + NOUN
american, crown, grandfather, jacob, novelist, relation, solicitor, tweedy
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
Chris Evans, British DJ and media manipulator extraordinaire, is not to be confused with Chris Evans, Australia's shadow minister for family services, nor with Chris Evans, the late train robber of the wilds of west California, or indeed potentially hundreds of other namesakes. One unquestionable aspect of this Chris Evans is that he is unique.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.
It is the only citation from 1902, and was clearly added to the manuscript at a late stage, being only one of two examples of the dictionary’s namesake actually discovered by Crooke.
Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
verb
To name (somebody) after somebody else.
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6The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
WiktionaryChris Evans, British DJ and media manipulator extraordinaire, is not to be confused with Chris Evans, Australia's shadow minister for family services, nor with Chris Evans, the late train robber of th
WiktionaryLook at our namesakes too. There's Tom, of course - a bit creepy now but he definitely had his moments. There's Davy Jones out of the Monkees. Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones preferred Jones to his bir
WiktionaryHe is my namesake, but no relation.
Tatoeba · #284478The English town of York is the namesake of the largest city in the United States.
Tatoeba · #8110014Wonder why he was struck off the rolls. Had his office in Hume street. Same house as Molly’s namesake, Tweedy, crown solicitor for Waterford.
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