Examples of 'namesake' in a sentence

Meaning of "namesake"

Namesake refers to a person or thing that is named after another person. It can also be used to describe someone or something that is known for having the same name as another individual
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  • One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
  • A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
  • A person with the same name as another.
  • To name (somebody) after somebody else.

How to use "namesake" in a sentence

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Jungermanniaceae is the namesake family of leafy liverworts.
The namesake of town and source of trouble.
Ironic since his namesake was responsible.
His namesake died but they called us.
She carries that namesake pretty strongly.
You seem to be difficult to kill as your namesake.
She was the namesake of her father.
An awful place which honors its namesake.
As the namesake for his new project.
So they sent him to prison for namesake.
He was the namesake of his maternal grandfather.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his namesake.
Its modern namesake is not an abstraction at all.
Just as sleek and seductive as her namesake.
Here is the namesake being used for real.

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Have we forgotten about our school namesake.
Carrying out a namesake that cannot be ignored.
It is the first book of its namesake trilogy.
His namesake son survived him.
He still attends matches at his namesake stadium.
She was the namesake of her mother.
He is to be distinguished from his nephew and namesake.
This is just for namesake get lost.
He is a super market owner just for namesake.
It was given to her by my namesake just before she died.
I would like him to meet his namesake.
Alexander was the namesake of his father.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his namesake.
Theoxena was the namesake of her mother.
I thought she just called for namesake.
It is the site of a namesake festival in the late summer.
Has a chapel dedicated to the namesake saint.
Your namesake follows in the footsteps.
You have something your namesake never did.
The namesake of this very hall.
The kind that earns his namesake.
Just look at how your namesake is putting it away.
We are feudal chiefs just for namesake.
He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
He has done this for his righteous namesake.
Chitrangada was later killed by a namesake gandharva a celestial musician.
The organism now bears his namesake.
There is a namesake in the anesthesiology dept.
Try the one that is his namesake.
Like your namesake might have appeared before.
He and we share a relationship only for the namesake.
The namesake mountain range is part of the neighborhood.
It was a game that his namesake would never forget.
The namesake of the exhibition refers to two things.
She outlived her namesake by about two years.

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