namesake
(noun) a person with the same name as another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
namesake (plural namesakes)
(originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
Synonym: eponym
(by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
A person with the same name as another.
namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)
(transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.
Source: Wiktionary
Name"sake`, n. Etym: [For name's sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another's name.]
Definition: One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
