Hypertext Webster Gateway: "namesake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Namesake \Name"sake`\, n. [For name's sake; i. e., one named for
the sake of another's name.]
One that has the same name as another; especially, one called
after, or named out of regard to, another.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
namesake
n : a person with the same name as another
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