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eponym

noun /ɛpənɪm/ 3 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 13 WWF 15
Definitions
noun

the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)

“Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down”

noun

the person for whom something is named

“Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople”

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