: one that has the same name as another
especially
: one who is named after another or for whom another is named
His grandson and namesake is the spit and image of him … —
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How much did President George Bush influence his son and namesake George W. Bush?
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Five-star hotel chains Raffles, Mandarin Oriental and The Peninsula are all selling multimillion-dollar flats serviced by their namesake adjacent hotels.
—Christopher Cameron, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
Cheryl Brown Henderson, whose family is the namesake of the Brown case, said that one of the plaintiffs in the meeting asked the president to make Brown v Board of Education decision date a national holiday.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
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Christopher Cameron, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
Cheryl Brown Henderson, whose family is the namesake of the Brown case, said that one of the plaintiffs in the meeting asked the president to make Brown v Board of Education decision date a national holiday.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
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“Namesake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namesake. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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namesake
noun
name·sake
ˈnām-ˌsāk 
: one that has the same name as another
especially
: one named after another
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