n.1 a person (real or imaginary) after whom a discovery, invention, place, institution, etc., is named or thought to be named.
2 the name given.
Derivatives:
eponymous adj.
Etymology: Gk eponumos (as EPI-, - onumos f. onoma name)
n.1 a person (real or imaginary) after whom a discovery, invention, place, institution, etc., is named or thought to be named.
2 the name given.
Derivatives:
eponymous adj.
Etymology: Gk eponumos (as EPI-, - onumos f. onoma name)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012