{ } n. [ Cf. F. éponyme. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` upon, to + &unr_; for &unr_; name. ] Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]
What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions? Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a surname given after some person or thing. ] The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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