namesake
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- noun
- /ˈneɪmˌseɪk/
- Now let us remember the namesakes of this university, the Stanfords.
- a biblical namesake
- a namesake saint
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Watch on YouTubeRoyal Citizen of Science and namesake of an asteroid.
- Royal Citizen of Science and namesake of an asteroid.
- It is the namesake of my drag persona, Cheyenne pepper.
- Again, you know, Phil like it being the GOAT, but right next to him, Bob Roll, my namesake.
- And the Albanoi tribe was the, the, the namesake of, of the Albanians in Kosovo specifically.
- and it is called the corral cactus. It's the namesake of the site. And they found this coral cactus inside the walls. They've been growing there for a long time
- I'm like Martin Luther King, or I'm like Martin Luther as a namesake, right?
- And one of my namesakes, my dad told me was Doctor Seuss's real name was Theodore.
- So you have an upset user base and a delayed launch of a key feature that is literally the namesake of the product, RTX.
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His son is named after him, so they share the same name; he is his father's namesake.
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Since 1995, his organization has been headed by his son and namesake, a former pediatric surgeon.
Academic text (2008) -
By the time I was four, I knew a great deal about my namesake.
Fiction book (1999) -
Take comfort from my namesake, our beloved Lady, and use her life as an example to you.
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Your Uncle Gabriel, your namesake, died defending that flag.
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When we pulled into The Carillon, I asked him if he'd ever seen the namesake tower.
Fiction book (1998) -
For example, my namesake, Agnes Martin, used to read murder mysteries and work in her garden for most of the day when she wasn't painting, - of course.
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Bonifcio is the (fictional) grandson and namesake of a famous (real) Filipino freedom fighter.
Academic text (2013) -
Oh, I've got a message for you from a namesake of yours, Sandy Rendell, he's in Cairo just now.
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The park is a beautiful tribute to its namesake, who dedicated his life to environmental conservation.
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Etymology
Namesake comes from the parts name and sake, where sake means 'for the sake of' or 'because of'. So a namesake is someone or something that has the same name or is 'named after' another person.