Definition of "name-father" [name-father]

• An inventor of names. (noun)
• One after whom a child is named. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He has even dared to translate from his mighty name-father; and the voice of fame supports him in his boldness."
• "One never-to-be forgotten day, my old name-father, David Christie, lent me a reader's ticket, and I found myself for the first time in that central citadel of books, the Museum"
• "My name-father, David Christie, was chief reader at Clowes 'printing office in Stamford Street, Blackfriars, and month by month as the proofs of _Our Mutual Friend_ were printed, it was his habit to borrow the Dickens manuscript from Mr Day, the overseer of the establishment, and to take it home with him for his own delectation before it reached the hands of the compositors."