WUSA: Fingerprints on knife could've belonged to Banfield, analyst testifies in murder trial
Fingerprints on knife could've belonged to Banfield, analyst testifies in murder trial
Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of". The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them ...
american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English Language ...
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc.). Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo. Is "named" an accepta...
The 1964 Walt Disney film Mary Poppins features the following famous lines: Bert: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith. Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg? It is a joke that
grammar - "I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith" - English ...
However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields. named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, much less restrictive than termed.
Places, roads, streets etc., get named after famous people, too. Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them. But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way. Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?