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[hiromichi]

According to one dictionary, nametake is the reverse of namesake; a person you are named after. But I wonder namesake itself has a dual meaning.
Would you clarify meanings of both words?
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Hiromichi

[2006]

I have never heard of "nametake" and my dictionary doesn't have it.

namesake - noun: one that has the same name as another, especially one who is named after another or for whom another is named

So your "namesake" is a person who has the same name as you do, especially if you were named after that person or that person was named after you. "named after" means that you were given that name because another person had that name and your parents wanted you to have the same name as that person.

[hiromichi]

2006, Thank you.
My resource is : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nametake&defid=1704057
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Hiromichi

[2006]

hi hiromichi:

I looked at that link. Apparently that dictionary is a "slang dictionary" and people can make up their own definitions. I wouldn't pay a lot of attention to that website and I wouldn't use "nametake".

[hiromichi]

2006, Thank you for your comments and I follow your advice.
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Hiromichi