单词 | name-son |
释义 | name-sonn. Scottish (now archaic and rare). A man or boy named after or having the same name as another. Cf. name-daughter n. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records the word as still in use in Insular Scots (Shetland/Orkney) in 1963. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name synonymy1612 namesakea1635 cognominal1646 name-daughter1712 name-son1712 name-child1789 synonym1837 homonym1851 1712 W. Carstairs Let. in R. H. Story Life (1874) xix. 353 He is just such a name-son to me as your little Bettie is a name-daughter to my wife. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. xii. 255 God for ever bless your honour: I am your name-son, sure enough. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance xxvi The Major was..flattered by the interest expressed for this little name-son. 1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh i. 22 He..has some fifty namesons in the village. 1894 A. Whyte S. Rutherford xi. 88 It is with the name-son..of this sturdy old saint that we have chiefly to do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1712 |
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