adj. 1. Of, relating to, or constituting an eponym. 2. Named after something else or deriving from an existing name or word: "Programs such as He-Man and Masters of the Universe ... were all created with the explicit purpose of selling the eponymous toys to children" (Susan Gregory Thomas). |
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