| n. | 1. | The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; |
| 2. | A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual. |
| Noun | 1. | eponym - the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople" |
| 2. | eponym - a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great |