Definition of eponym
English to English noun - the person for whom something is named
Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople.
source: WordNet 3.0 - the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down.
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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