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English to English noun
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the person for whom something is named |  | Example: Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
source: wordnet30
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the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) | | Example: Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down
source: wordnet30
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The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes. | | source: webster1913
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