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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A name as of a people, country, and the like derived from that of an individual. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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
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