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▸ noun: A person with the same name as another; often, a parent or the child named after them.
▸ noun: One who is named after another.
▸ noun: One for whom another is named.
▸ noun: (by extension) Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
▸ verb: (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.
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eponymist,
cognominal,
to-name,
etymology,
aftername,
namesmanship,
byname,
anthroponym,
surname,
matronymic,
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