Definition for

eponym

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noun – The archon eponymus at Athens (see archon); also, one of certain Assyrian functionaries who gave their names to the years during which they held office.

noun – A name of a place, people, or period derived from that of a person.

noun – A name of a mythical or historical personage from whom the name of a country or people has come or is supposed to have come: thus, Italus, Romulus, Brutus, Heber, the names of imaginary persons invented to account for Italy, Rome, Britain, Hebrew, are mythical eponyms; Bolivar is the historical eponym of Bolivia.

noun – A name of something, as a part or organ of the body, derived from a person: thus, circle of Willis, fissure of Sylvius, aqueduct of Fallopius, are eponyms.

noun – The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name.

noun – A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

noun – The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.

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