Defenition of the word eponym

• Defenition of the word eponym

  • A person, real or fictional, whose name is used to denote a certain object or activity.
  • A word derived from the name of a person.
  • a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great
  • the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
  • the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"
  • the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
  • the person for whom something is named

Hypernyms for the word eponym

• • name

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