namesake
nounEtymology
Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, first found in Bible translations as a rendering of a Calque of Hebrew לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ (l'má'an sh'mó) idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.
- calqued from לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ
Definitions
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that…
Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
To name (somebody) after somebody else.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA