Definitions
Person or thing named after, or sharing a name with, another.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.”
“Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.”
“Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.”
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