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: May 5, 2023
\ih-PAH-nuh-mus\ adjective
What It Means
Eponymous is used to describe something named for a person or group (as in “Merriam-Webster, an eponymous publishing company named for George and Charles Merriam and Noah Webster”), or a person or group whose name is used for something (as in “the company's eponymous founders”).
// The band's eponymous debut album received critical acclaim.
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