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This type of word is called an eponym.

For example, the name Napoleon is used for a card game, a dessert, and a coin.

The word scrooge for a miser comes from Dicken's character Ebenezer Scrooge.

The word "gerrymandering" comes from the politician Elbridge Gerry.

Also boycott, hoover, biro, mackintosh, wellingtons, gladstone and many scientific units like ampere or newton.

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