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| Noun | 1. 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.[Websters] 2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Eponyme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
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| Noun | 1. 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.[Websters]
2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.[Websters]. | |
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Date "EPONYME" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
