Definitions from Wiktionary (namesake)
▸ noun: An entity that lends its name to another entity.
▸ 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.
▸ Also see namesake
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▸ noun: An entity that lends its name to another entity.
▸ 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.
▸ Also see namesake
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▸ Idioms related to namesakes
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing namesakes
▸ Words that often appear near namesakes
▸ Rhymes of namesakes
▸ Invented words related to namesakes