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EPONYM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
Example:
Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eponym" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Derivation:
eponymic; eponymous (being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The person for whom something is named
Example:
Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eponym" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Derivation:
eponymic; eponymous (being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym)
