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Alt. of Eponyme

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  1. n. Alt. of Eponyme
  2. n. the person for whom something is named
  3. n. the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
  4. 1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes. 2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
  5. n:100 n. the person for whom something is named n. the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)