Dictionary entry

Homonymous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ho‐mon″y‐mous (?), a. [L. homonymus, Gr. �; � the same + �, for � name; akin to E. name.] 1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; — opposed to heteronymous.

2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.