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An '''eponym''' is a person, a place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. | An '''eponym''' is a person, a place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. | ||
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For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. | For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. | ||
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An eponym is a person, a place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named.
Description
For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era.
The adjectives derived from eponym, which include eponymous and eponymic, similarly refers to being the person or thing after whom something is named, as "the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company" refers to founder's being Henry Ford.
Recent usage, especially in the recorded-music industry, also allows eponymous to mean "named after its central character or creator".