Definition of Eponym. Meaning of Eponym. Synonyms of Eponym

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Definition of Eponym

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Eponymic
Eponymic Ep`o*nym"ic, a. Same as Eponymous. Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Eponymist
Eponymist E*pon"y*mist, n. One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.
Eponymy
Eponymy E*pon"y*my, n. [Gr. ? a surname given after some person or thing.] The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Meaning of Eponym from wikipedia

- An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word...
- Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things). In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes...
- Sisak (Armenian: Սիսակ) was the legendary ancestor of the Armenian princely house of Syuni, also called Siunids, Syunid and Syuni. The Armenian historian...
- An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Gr**** "eponymos"...
- The ****yrian Eponym Chronicles represent an important source for the chronology of the Ancient Near East. They are chronicles or annals, which list at...
- The Eponym Group (Persian: گروه همنام; Hamnam) was an electoral list for the 1980 Iranian legislative election claiming "it would choose its candidates...
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- These are lists of places by eponym, i.e. lists grouping places named after the same person. Abu Bakar of Johor Benjamin Franklin C. N. Annadurai Charles...
- article lists medical eponyms which have been ****ociated with **** human experimentation or **** politics. While normally eponyms used in medicine serve...
- generic trademark, also known as a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that, because of its po****rity or significance...