eponym – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
eponym
n.
person whose name is used as the name of a place or thing; medical name of a disease derived from a person's name; ancient official whose name was used to indicate the year he was in office
Eponym
eponym
Noun
1. the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"
(hypernym) name
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
(hypernym) name
Eponym
(n.)
Alt. of Eponyme
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Eponym
Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel’s syndrome might be named after someone named Shiel who discovered it or described and clearly delineated it.
