Look up: eponym

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   eponym
   [n] - the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named 2. [n] - 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
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   Eponym
   Means `named after` i.e. a word or term deriving from the name of a person or place or some other `proper noun` e.g. - Alzheimer disease - Named after a German doctor called Alzheimer - Pasteurisation - Named after Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist - Nicotine - Named after Dr Nicot, who introduced tobacco to France - Panama Fever - Malaria, wh ...
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   Eponym
   Eponym: Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone named Shiel who discovered it or described and clearly delineated it.
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   eponym
   Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone named Shiel who discovered it or described and clearly delineated it. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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   eponym
   noun the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); `Down`s syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down`
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   Eponym
   An `eponym` is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, which has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item. An `eponymous` person is the person referred to by the eponym. In contemporary English, the term `eponymous` is often used to mean `self-titled`. The word `eponym` is often used for the thing titled. Stigler's law of eponymy suggests that `Eponyms are usually false,`...
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   Eponym
   • (n.) Alt. of Eponyme
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   eponym
   one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named. The word can refer, for example, to the usually mythical ancestor or totem animal or ...
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   eponym
   eponym 1. Someone who gives, or is supposed to give, his/her name to a people, place, or institution; e.g. among the Greeks, the heroes who were looked upon as ancestors or founders of tribes or cities. Also in Latin form eponymus. 2. A name from which another name or word is derived; such as, 'sandwich' coming from The Earl of Sandwich and 'Rome' which ...
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