namesake
IPA: nˈeɪmseɪk
noun
- (originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
- (by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
- A person with the same name as another.
verb
- (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.
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Examples of "namesake" in Sentences
- It is the namesake of the garden.
- It is the namesake of the Explorer Ridge.
- Clearly it is not the namesake in Argentina.
- It is the namesake of the Maria asteroid family.
- The namesake plant blooms in great profusion in May.
- The primary feature of the park is its namesake cavern.
- In the center of the high altar is the namesake Marian stature.
- It is a court panegyric and highly praiseworthy of its namesake.
- Grandson of the first namesake and eldest nephew of the second namesake.
- It has the same namesake as the crater, the German astronomer Walter Baade.
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