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ALL meanings of eponym

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  • noun eponym A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named. 1
  • noun eponym a name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I 0
  • noun eponym the name of the person from which such a name is derived 0
  • noun eponym a real or mythical person from whose name the name of a nation, institution, etc. is derived 0
  • noun eponym a person whose name has become identified with some period, movement, theory, etc. 0
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