namesake in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "namesake",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "She was named Kylie after her namesake Kylie Minogue, a singer her mother really liked."
        }
      ],
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        "A namesake is one who is named after another, or for whom another is named."
      ],
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A namesake is a person with the same name as another."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A namesake can be a ship or a building that is named after someone or something."
      ],
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    }
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      "enpr": "nāmʹsāk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪmseɪk/"
    },
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    },
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "namesake"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "namesake",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She was named Kylie after her namesake Kylie Minogue, a singer her mother really liked."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A namesake is one who is named after another, or for whom another is named."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eponym"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A namesake is a person with the same name as another."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A namesake can be a ship or a building that is named after someone or something."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "nāmʹsāk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈneɪmseɪk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-namesake.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-namesake.ogg",
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
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}

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"namesake" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [English]