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noun 
  1. One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
  2. A person, place or thing having the same name as another.
Translations: 
  • German: Namensvetter (italbrac, male person or place), Namensschwester (italbrac, female person)
Etymology: From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid seventeenth century.


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