eponym

Eponym is defined as the person for whom a discovery or other thing is defined as named.

(noun)

An example of an eponym is Walt Disney for whom Disneyland is named.

See eponym in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a real or mythical person from whose name the name of a nation, institution, etc. is derived: William Penn is the eponym of Pennsylvania
a person whose name has become identified with some period, movement, theory, etc.

Origin: < Gr epōnymos, eponymous < epi-, upon + onyma, name

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See eponym in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A word or name derived from the name of a person. The words atlas, bowdlerize, and Turing machine are eponyms.
A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something.

Origin:

Origin: French éponyme

Origin: , from Greek epōnumos, named after

Origin: : epi-, epi-

Origin: + onoma, onuma, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

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