Namesake
Definition of namesake:
part of speech: noun
One having the same name as another.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for namesake:
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She was shaped exactly like her namesake of the deep, upon which, indeed, her inventor had modelled her.
"The World Peril of 1910", George Griffith. -
I placed a chair for Solon and was confronted by my namesake
"The Boss of Little Arcady", Harry Leon Wilson. -
The hedge- sparrow, unlike his noisy namesake is one of the quietest of birds: he slips about in the hedges and bushes all round the garden so quietly and unobtrusively that unless you watch carefully you will not see him.
"Wild Life in a Southern County", Richard Jefferies.