Found 2 items, similar to eponym.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: eponym
eponym
n 1: the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named;
“Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople”
2: a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary)
as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its
founder: Alexander the Great
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Eponym
Eponym
\Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme
\Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ponyme.
See
Eponymous.]
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.
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2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived
from that of an individual.
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