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Definition namesake

Etymology

name +‎ sake. From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid-seventeenth century.

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

1. (originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
2. (by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
3. A person with the same name as another.

Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

1. (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.

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