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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats