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OP It was interesting to read (was it last week?) about words that have uses outside of being people's names (I didn't express that very well).
I've read a book called Malinche's Conquest, which is about Cortez's invasion, and particularly Malinche - Cortez's native mistress. The name 'Malinche' in Mexico now, apparently, is the equivalent of 'traitor' (the book's really interesting and says a lot of interesting stuff about past and present Mexico). Anyway, I know there are other words that derive from people's names - I think that's been a topic actually (it has, I just checked - Eponyms - but it was a while ago...) - so I thought I'd throw the challenge out for more: particularly ones of historical interest (which may of course be interpreted as widely as to mean any of them...)
sigh, it's the middle of the day and my words don't seem to be functioning proper...
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