Namesake
['neɪmseɪk] or ['nemsek]
Definition
(n.) One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- You are not, perhaps, aware that I am your namesake? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So The Eunice is carrying her namesake? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The whole road has been reminding me of my namesake Whittington, said Richard, and that waggon is the finishing touch. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You know what she will make it, Allan; you know what she has made its namesake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Uncle Benjamin, who did not e migrate till much later, showed interest in his precocious namesake. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wish Eunice was coming in her namesake. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- My namesake the physician's almanac could not speak more guardedly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Helena, you are no moon-goddess, but your namesake of Troy—the world's desire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When he started up, the Godfather Break of Day was peeping at its namesake. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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