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namesake
His namesake, Spooner, born in 1956, comes second in a cluster of four siblings.
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Downey was the namesake for the Southern California city, but he was a governor.
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McLean eventually put her to work at his namesake golf school at Doral in Miami.
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It is planned the ship will set sail in 2016 on a similar route to its namesake.
From the metro.co.uk
A driveway leads to the two-storey home, near the gallery's namesake flame tree.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Historically, the Palace was the property of the Marselis dynasty, its namesake.
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Eventually, his brother also left Java House, joining Red at his namesake joint.
From the sfgate.com
The Escoffier School for Culinary Arts has one heck of a namesake to live up to.
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Famous for its cheese namesake, this festival is a great day out for the family.
From the express.co.uk
- A person with the same name as another
- Namesake (sometimes "name's sake") is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that is called after, or named out of regard to, another. ...
- The Namesake (2003) is the second book by author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally a novella published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full length novel. ...
- The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. ...
- The Namesake is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's in March 1907 .
- (n.): the person one is named after. In this case, Mr. Ewell's namesake is the leader of the Confederate Army, Robert E. Lee.
