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namesake

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name·sake  (nmsk)
n.
One that is named after another.
[From the phrase for the name's sake.]
namesake [ˈneɪmˌseɪk]
n
1. a person or thing named after another
2. a person or thing with the same name as another
[probably a shortening of the phrase describing people connected for the name's sake]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.namesake - a person with the same name as another
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Translations
namesake [ˈneɪmseɪk] N → tocayo/a m/f, homónimo/a m/f
namesake [ˈneɪmseɪk] n → homonyme mf
name tape n → marque f
namesake [ˈneɪmˌseɪk] n → omonimo/a
namesake [ˈneɪmˌseɪk] n → omonimo/a


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``drink wassail to the fair Rowena; for since her namesake introduced the word into England, has never been one more worthy of such a tribute.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Indeed, her conversation was so pure, her looks so sage, and her whole deportment so grave and solemn, that she seemed to deserve the name of saint equally with her namesake, or with any other female in the Roman kalendar.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Now, that you may reach the Lord Advocate well recommended, I give you here a letter to a namesake of your own, the learned Mr.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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