namesake

Definitions

name + sake (for the sake of) = 'someone named for the sake of another.' Your namesake either shares your name or was named after you. The 'sake' part is the old phrase 'for the sake of.'

Common Collocations

• 1.namesake of...的同名者

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The boy was named after his grandfather, his namesake.

• 2.

  The restaurant shares its name with its famous namesake in Paris.