namesake
/ˈneɪmseɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈneɪmseɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnām-ˌsāk/ (ame, mw)
namesake — noun
- namesakesingular
- namesakesplural
1. any person, place, or object whose name is identical to that of someone or somet
any person, place, or object whose name is identical to that of someone or something else — often given in honour of the earlier bearer of the name
My grandfather and I are namesakes — we both carry the name Thomas.
possessive pronoun + are namesakes — 'my ... and I are namesakes'
The boy Leo was a namesake of his uncle, a war hero.
a namesake of [someone] — naming pattern with 'of'
Tomás named his café after its Parisian namesake, keeping the same green awnings.
The museum's namesake was a local artist who donated his collection to the town.
At the conference, Aiko met her namesake — an older woman who shared her first name.
- eponym
a person after whom something is named (opposite direction); e.g. 'Sandwich' is an eponym of the Earl of Sandwich
- namesake (for things)
used for places, buildings, restaurants, or brands that share a name with another location
文法句型
someone's + namesake
a / the namesake of [someone/something]
namesake + [noun] (e.g. namesake restaurant)
用法筆記
Often used with a possessive determiner ('his namesake', 'its Parisian namesake'). Common pattern is 'a namesake of [person/place]'. Can describe both people ('the singer's younger namesake') and institutions or places ('the original restaurant's London namesake').