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eponymous
[ uh-pon-uh-muhs ]
adjective
- named after the specified person, place, or thing, usually its founder, creator, inventor, discoverer, or source:
Having made her mark designing for major brands, she is launching a new, eponymous label.
Emperor Constantine modeled his eponymous city, Constantinople, after Rome.
- giving one’s name to a place or thing:
The novel’s eponymous protagonist is actually Dr. Frankenstein, not his monster.
Romulus killed Remus and became the eponymous founder of Rome.
eponymous
/ ɪˈpɒnɪməs /
adjective
- (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named
the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre
- (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator
the Stooges' eponymous debut album
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Derived Forms
- eˈponymously, adverb
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Other Words From
- ep·on·y·mous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eponymous1
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Example Sentences
Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.
Glass and Steagall, those eponymous bank regulators, were both Southern members of Congress.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are returning for the fourth season of their eponymous hit Comedy Central show.
Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子), introduced the character of Minilla (ミニラ) in the eponymous role.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who portrayed the eponymous character in Kick-Ass, will play her brother, Quicksilver.
The Greeks called themselves Hellenes, after Hellen their eponymous divine leader.
Far from degenerating, the Australians show advance when they supersede their beast or other totem by an eponymous human hero.
Many of these structures represent animal forms, probably the totem or eponymous ancestor of the tribe which reared them.
What we can assert to have been the original feature of Scyld is this—that he was the eponymous hero king of the Danes.
In particular we have the eponymous ancestors of families and even nations.
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Related Words
- eponymic
- onymous
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