1. The person for whom something is named
   "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople" 
2. The name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
   "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"

Derived forms: eponyms

See also: eponymic

Type of: name

Encyclopedia: Eponym

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