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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Namesake

/nāmʹsāk/ · Name·sake · IPA /ˈneɪmseɪk/
01 n. One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
  1. 1.
    One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.