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English noun: eponym

1. eponym (communication) the person for whom something is named


SamplesConstantine I is the eponym for Constantinople.


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2. eponym (communication) the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)


SamplesDown's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down.


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