namesake

名前を受け継いだ人、名前の由来となった人

他人の名前を受け継いだ人、または他人の名の由来となった人。

やさしい英語で： A person who was given another person’s name, or whose name was given to someone else.

• Little Tom is his grandfather’s namesake.
• She met the singer who was her namesake.
• My uncle was delighted to hold his newborn namesake.

類義語： eponym, homonym

よく使う表現： his grandfather’s namesake, her famous namesake

同名の人

別の人と同じ名前を持つ人。

やさしい英語で： A person who has the same name as someone else.

• I met my namesake at school.
• The actor is often confused with his namesake.
• Despite their shared name, the two namesakes are unrelated.

類義語： homonym

よく使う表現： a famous namesake, an unrelated namesake

名を冠したもの

人や場所、ほかのものにちなんだ名前を付けられたもの。

やさしい英語で： Something given the name of a person, place, or other thing.

• The ship is the explorer’s namesake.
• The new library became its founder’s namesake.
• This restaurant serves dishes from its Italian namesake.

類義語： eponym

よく使う表現： the city’s namesake, a floating namesake