namesake
An entity that lends its name to another entityAn entity that lends its name to another entity.
» He is my namesake, but no relation.
Er ist mein Namensvetter, aber kein Verwandter. — Tamy
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5 sensesAn entity that lends its name to another entity.
a person with the same name as another
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
A person with the same name as another.
The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.
Namensvetter
тёзкаtjózka, однофами́лецodnofamílec, однофами́лицаodnofamílica
тезко́tezkó, те́зкаtézka, однофамі́льникodnofamílʹnyk
A person with the same name as another.
One who is named after another, often a child named after the parent or an ancestor.
Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.
One for whom another is named, often the parent or ancestor who gave the name to a child.
Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.
(broadly)Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
Examples
9 sentencesHe is my namesake, but no relation.
deEr ist mein Namensvetter, aber kein Verwandter. — Tamy
Your namesake has just scored another goal.
deDein Namensvetter hat gerade noch ein Tor geschossen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
His namesake was a much better person.
My older brother's namesake was our grandfather, who died before he was born.
These two word are namesakes.
Translations
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Origin
Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, fiMid-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.
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