English Dictionary

namesake

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈneɪmseɪk/

名詞

広義

(originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named. / (by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something. / A person with the same name as another.

日本語の意味

（もともと）他の人にちなんで名付けられた人物、または、その名前に基づいて命名された人 / （拡大解釈として）誰かや何かに因んで名付けられた船や建物 / 他の人と同じ名前を持つ人

Her daughter, a namesake of her grandmother, carries on the family tradition.

彼女の娘は祖母の名を受け継ぎ、家族の伝統を継承している。

意味（1）

(originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.

It is the only citation from 1902, and was clearly added to the manuscript at a late stage, being only one of two examples of the dictionary’s namesake actually discovered by Crooke.

意味（2）

(by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.

意味（3）

A person with the same name as another.

namesakes （ plural ）