- namesake name·sake n
- ['neɪmˌseɪk]
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namesake name·sake n
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name|sake — «NAYM SAYK», noun. a person or thing having the same name as another, especially one named after another: »Theodore was proud to be the namesake of President Theodore Roosevelt. ╂[perhaps < phrase (the) name( s) sake] … Useful english dictionary
name·sake — /ˈneımˌseık/ noun, pl sakes [count] : someone or something that has the same name as another person or thing How much did President George Bush influence his son and namesake George W. Bush? … Useful english dictionary
Namesake — Name sake , n. [For name s sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another s name.] One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
namesake — name|sake [ˈneımseık] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from name s sake] sb s namesake another person, especially a more famous person, who has the same name as someone ▪ Like his famous namesake, young Washington had a brave, adventurous… … Dictionary of contemporary English
namesake — name|sake [ neım,seık ] noun count a person or thing with the same name as someone or something else … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
namesake — name•sake [[t]ˈneɪmˌseɪk[/t]] n. 1) a person named after another 2) a person having the same name as another • Etymology: 1640–50 … From formal English to slang
Namesake — For other uses, see Namesake (disambiguation). Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that has the same, or a similar, name to another.[1] In the United States, the term is often used for a … Wikipedia
namesake — (n.) person named for the sake of someone, 1640s, probably originally (for the) name s sake … Etymology dictionary
namesake — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing with the same name as another. ORIGIN from the phrase for the name s sake … English terms dictionary
namesake — [nān′sāk΄] n. [earlier name s sake] a person with the same name as another, esp. if named after the other … English World dictionary
namesake — /ˈneɪmseɪk / (say naymsayk) noun 1. someone having the same name as another: *The yellow envelopes contained a smaller white envelope on which the words I think this letter s one of yours had been scrawled by his namesake. –john a. scott, 1988. 2 …
