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What (who) is eponymous - definition

EITHER AN ITEM WHICH PROVIDES A NAME-SOURCE, OR AN ITEM WHICH ACTS AS A NAME-RECIPIENT
Eponyms; Eponymy; Self titled; Self Titled; Namegiver; Eponymous author; Self-titled; Epynomous; S/t; S/T; Self-Titled; Eponymous; Eponymous (1983 album); Eponymous (EP); Name partner; Eponymic; Eponymously
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Eponymous         
·adj Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
eponymous         
An eponymous hero or heroine is the character in a play or book whose name is the title of that play or book. (FORMAL)
ADJ: ADJ n
Eponym         
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic.

Examples of use of eponymous
1. Scaffold supporting lightbulbs that spell out the eponymous message.
2. "He‘s well fit," shouts one, talking about the eponymous presenter.
3. Ratan Tata, head of the eponymous Indian conglomerate, also advises Thabo Mbeki, South African president.
4. It might be accepted, said Meng Rita of Sam Rainsy‘s eponymous party.
5. Director‘s defence The film is based on the eponymous novel by Dan Brown, an American author.