Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is named after another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is named after or for the sake of another; hence, one who has the same name as another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is
named after another or for whom another is named. - noun A person with the same name as another.
- noun A ship or a building that is named after someone or something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person with the same name as another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But do you really want your kid to live the rest of his life knowing his namesake is no, not a cherished family member, but an effeminate fantasy vampire that every girl between the ages of 8 and 20 was obsessed with?
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The genius of all things iconic, like the Birkin bag and its namesake, is that it is less about a label and a trend and all about the person carrying it.
Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum: Fashion Stylist Lori Goldstein Discusses The Contents Of Her Closet (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Elisa Goodkind 2010
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The Talaat Mustafa Group (TMG), a huge real estate conglomerate through which Mustafa made his billions, doesn't want any stockholders to worry just because the company's founder and namesake is under a death sentence.
Global Voices in English » Egyptian Tycoon Sentenced to Death 2009
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The show's central fixture and namesake is a 22-foot-wide cartographic wonder from 2004 that's divided into four nearly identical white-on-black canvases depicting Calgary, Charleston, Kansas City and Philadelphia as geographic neighbors.
Getting Up Guide: New Yorker's Alex Ross; first ladies of dance Alex Baldinger 2010
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The genius of all things iconic, like the Birkin bag and its namesake, is that it is less about a label and a trend and all about the person carrying it.
Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum: Fashion Stylist Lori Goldstein Discusses The Contents Of Her Closet (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Elisa Goodkind 2010
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I long again to see you all, and to know how you proceed with poor Charles, and whither my dear little namesake is likely to loose his milky treasure. —
Letter 139 2009
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Enter Saphho Ritsos, the Trust operative who, based on her namesake, is intended to be insusceptible to Cankar's irresistible manly charms - the result of him producing "eleven times as many pheromones as ordinary males."
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We were pleasantly surprised to find that it was comfortable and welcoming though slightly odd - just like I hope its namesake is perceived!
Brussels at last! MadeleineS 2007
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We were pleasantly surprised to find that it was comfortable and welcoming though slightly odd - just like I hope its namesake is perceived!
Archive 2007-06-01 MadeleineS 2007
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The Equine Anal blog's anatomical namesake is quite apropos as a description of the vessel and the product which it delivers.
Sound Politics: Burner Aided By Rapist's Apologist At Fundrai$er Tomorrow 2006
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