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ep·o·nym
(ĕp′ə-nĭm′)n.
1. A word or name derived from a proper noun. The words atlas, bowdlerize, denim, and Turing machine are eponyms.
2. One whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something: Alexander Garden is the eponym of the gardenia.
[French éponyme, from Greek epōnumos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]
ep′o·nym′ic adj.
eponym
(ˈɛpəˌnɪm)n
1. a name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I
2. the name of the person from which such a name is derived: in the Middle Ages, "Brutus" was thought to be the eponym of "Britain".
[C19: from Greek epōnumos giving a significant name]
ˌepoˈnymic adj
ep•o•nym
(ˈɛp ə nɪm)n.
1. a person, real or imaginary, from whom something takes or is said to take its name.
2. a word based on or derived from a person's name.
[1840–50]
ep`o•nym′ic, adj.
eponym
1. the name of a real or legendary person that has been applied to a thing, institution, etc, as atlas.
2. the name of a person that is used to describe a time or period, as the Augustan Age. — eponymic, eponymous, adj.
See also: Names2. the name of a person that is used to describe a time or period, as the Augustan Age. — eponymic, eponymous, adj.
eponym
A person’s name from which the name of a place or thing is derived.
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| Noun | 1. | eponym - the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople" name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" |
| 2. | eponym - the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down" name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" |