1. a person or thing, or the name of a person or thing, from which a place, an invention, a discovery, etc. gets its name
   • ● Williams was presented with the Billie Jean King Trophy by its eponym, Billie Jean King herself.
   • ● Medical eponyms are meant to honour individuals who contributed to the field.
   Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek epōnumos ‘given as a name, giving one's name to someone or something’, from epi ‘upon’ + onoma ‘name’.

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