- namesake
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Namesake — Name sake , n. [For name s sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another s name.] One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
namesake — index call (title) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
namesake — (n.) person named for the sake of someone, 1640s, probably originally (for the) name s sake … Etymology dictionary
namesake — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing with the same name as another. ORIGIN from the phrase for the name s sake … English terms dictionary
namesake — [nān′sāk΄] n. [earlier name s sake] a person with the same name as another, esp. if named after the other … English World dictionary
Namesake — For other uses, see Namesake (disambiguation). Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that has the same, or a similar, name to another.[1] In the United States, the term is often used for a … Wikipedia
namesake — [[t]ne͟ɪmseɪk[/t]] namesakes N COUNT: usu poss N Someone s or something s namesake has the same name as they do. [WRITTEN] He is putting together a four man team, including his son and namesake Tony 0 Reilly Jnr... Cathedral Notre Dame in Senlis… … English dictionary
namesake — name|sake [ˈneımseık] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from name s sake] sb s namesake another person, especially a more famous person, who has the same name as someone ▪ Like his famous namesake, young Washington had a brave, adventurous… … Dictionary of contemporary English
namesake — noun (C) sb s namesake another person, especially a more famous person, who has the same name as someone: Like his famous namesake, young Nelson had a brave, adventurous spirit … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
namesake — UK [ˈneɪmˌseɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms namesake : singular namesake plural namesakes a person or thing with the same name as someone or something else … English dictionary
namesake — /ˈneɪmseɪk / (say naymsayk) noun 1. someone having the same name as another: *The yellow envelopes contained a smaller white envelope on which the words I think this letter s one of yours had been scrawled by his namesake. –john a. scott, 1988. 2 …
