name-childn.
/ˈneɪmtʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈneɪmˌtʃaɪld/ Now archaic and rare.
A person named after another. Also in extended use.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name
synonymy1612
namesakea1635
cognominal1646
name-daughter1712
name-son1712
name-child1789
synonym1837
homonym1851
1789 R. Burns Let. 21 Apr. (2001) I. 398 You are rather premature on me, in expecting your Name-child so soon.
1845 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. VIII. 3 She was the darling of her..father, being the child of his old age, his name-child.
1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 6/1 The Bellerophon..the massive name-child of the old historic fighting ship.
1882 Girl's Own Paper 25 Feb. 217 The Princess Louise Home... In days gone by, the name of the illustrious Prince Consort..headed the reports... Now it is the Princess Louise, of whom it is the name-child.
1894 Edinb. Rev. July 217 To Lady Harriet Howard, her own name-child, and the daughter of her adored sister.., Lady Granville could not fail to be partial.
1906 N.E.D. at Name-son A name-child of the male sex.
1999 D. C. Mulock Olive 335 ‘We know what we are, but we know not what we may be,’ as my quaintly clever niece and namechild, Cassia, would say.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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