NAMESAKE Definition & Meaning

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namesake

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a person or thing named after another or whose name is given to another person or thing:
Little Dora lay asleep in the arms of her namesake, great-aunt Dora.
The memory of Robert and Signe McMichael is honored in their namesake, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
a person or thing having the same name as another:
The cities of Hyderabad, Pakistan, and Hyderabad, India, are namesakes.

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First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of name's ( name + 's ¹ ) sake ¹

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C17: probably a shortening of the phrase describing people connected for the name's sake

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