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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Eponyme | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Eponym \Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme \Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. [82]ponyme. See {Eponymous}.] 1. 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. 2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual. | |
