e‧pon‧y‧mous /ɪˈpɒnəməs, ɪˈpɒnɪməs $ ɪˈpɑː-/
adjective [only before noun][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Greek;
Origin: eponymos, from epi- (epicenter) + onyma 'name']
the eponymous character in a book, film, or play is the character whose name is in its title:
Hester, the book’s eponymous heroine [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲