Meanings of eponym in English

As much is suggested by the following entry in an eponym list.

We remember George Chapman, if at all, only as the eponym of Keats's poem.

The word 'Abram' is merely an eponym-itmeans 'exalted father.'

From Khushi-ilu, the servant of the king, the eponym.

As for this eponym thing, why Saint Augustine called attention to it fifteen hundred years ago.

My violin, which Fernan redeemed for me, the eponym (How do you spell it?-M.

The accepted wisdom is that the eponym was one Edward A. Murphy jun, a US Air Force engineer.

The Charles procedure, named for Sir Richard Henry Havelock Charles, is an eponym for a surgical treatment of leg lymphedema.

There are eponym canons, statistical lists, diplomatic letters, military reports; but none of these rise to the dignity of history.

First, that the word be an eponym, the determining of which can present more of a challenge than you might think.

At times it has occurred to people that the problems with craigslist could be solved by appealing to its eponym, Craig Newmark.

This eponym originated from the character Mrs Malaprop, in the 1775 play The Rivals by Irish playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Outerbridge is an example of the perfectly well-suited name, or aptronym, and whether a person is eponym or aptronym can be a chicken-or-the-egg proposition.

Alexander Graham Bell was literally an eponym machine, bequeathing Ma Bell, the Baby Bells, decibel, and this term, for calling someone on the phone.

The former class consists of royal inscriptions (relating to military campaigns and the construction of temples), chronological tables (eponym canons), legal documents (sales, suits, etc.

The Bible is our single most fecund source of eponyms.