eponymous

IPA: ɪpˈɑnʌmʌs

adjective

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
Of a thing: named after a person or entity.

Examples of "eponymous" in Sentences

He played the eponymous footman.
It is the see of the eponymous diocese.
It tells the tale of the eponymous spinster.
The park is the focal point of the eponymous neighborhood.
An eponymous person is the person referred to by the eponym.
Therefore I strongly support the idea of eponymous reviewing.
This eponymous category only has the eponymous article as a member.
The eponymous gang is named after the American dessert, the apple dumpling.
The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
The one whose name was used to designate the year is known as eponymous, meaning “giving his name to.”
(I have been waiting for a chance to use the word eponymous for so long!) # Ragged Boyon 27 May 2009 at 8: 07 am
For me the best has to be H R Giger's creation ... no I refuse to misuse the word eponymous ... from the film of that name.
The sections called eponymous are named after Rishis or saints mentioned in the Vedas and other scriptures and are found among the
The claim that these names are eponymous, that is to say, that fabled ancestors are assigned to various nations, as Rome was wont to consider
jimmy, ever since the REM album named 'Eponymous' dropped back in '88, I've had a life-long dream to use the word eponymous in blog comment post.
Then, as if that isn't self-conscious and self-referential i.e., modern enough, one of the characters disdainfully calls the eponymous seagull a symbol.
The cast is the crème de la crème of indie heavy hitters; Lou Taylor Pucci (who earned his cred-card in thumbsucker), Nora Zhetner (got hers in Brick), Kristen Bell (First big screen lead but of course she is best known as the eponymous heroine of Veronica Mars) and Eddie Kaye Thomas who, interestingly enough, was mean to me in high school back when he still went by Eddie Kovelsky.

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