namesake

Meaning

Noun

1. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
2. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
3. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
4. An entity that lends its name to another entity.
5. (broadly) Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.

Verb

To name (somebody) after somebody else.

Synonyms

homonym

doppelganger

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person bearing the same surname as

Translations

homonyme

Namensvetter

tocayo

omonimo

naamgenoot

homónimo

adaş

homônimo

xará

Namensbruder

tocaya

homónimo

συνώνυμος

συνονόματος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

Etymology

Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, first found in Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew [Term?] idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.

Sentences

Edwin Link is the namesake of Link Hall on the campus of Syracuse University .