<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person or thing named after another or whose name is given to another person or thing</li><li>a person or thing having the same name as another</li><li>Examples:<ul><li>Little Dora lay asleep in the arms of her namesake, great-aunt Dora.</li><li>The memory of Robert and Signe McMichael is honored in their namesake, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.</li><li>The cities of Hyderabad, Pakistan, and Hyderabad, India, are namesakes.</li></ul></li></ul>