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Eponymy

The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

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Adam noun · 78% connection

The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.

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Amazon noun · 78% connection

One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

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Ancestor noun · 78% connection

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

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Antecessor noun · 78% connection

An ancestor; a progenitor.

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Ascend verb · 78% connection

To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to gene…

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Ascendant noun · 78% connection

An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to des…

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Demigod noun · 78% connection

A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

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Endogamy noun · 78% connection

Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exo…

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Eponymist noun · 78% connection

One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.

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Exogamy noun · 78% connection

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to en…

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Fabulous adjective · 78% connection

Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

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Family verb · 78% connection

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…

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Father noun · 78% connection

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural…

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Foregoer noun · 78% connection

One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.

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Genealogy noun · 78% connection

Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

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Head-hunter noun · 78% connection

A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The…

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House noun · 78% connection

A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illu…

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