Associations to the word «Namesake»

Wiktionary

NAMESAKE, noun. One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
NAMESAKE, noun. A person with the same name as another.
NAMESAKE, noun. A ship or a building that is named after someone or something
NAMESAKE, verb. (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.

Dictionary definition

NAMESAKE, noun. A person with the same name as another.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin