Definition of Proprietary eponym

1. Noun. A brand name or trademark of a successful product, that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, without the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company. For example, kleenex is used to describe many types of facial tissue. Compare to genericized trademark. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprietary Eponym

propranolol
propranolols
propre
propreantepenult
propreantepenultimate
proprely
propretie
propretor
propretors
propria
proprietaries
proprietarily
proprietary
proprietary colony
proprietary drug
proprietary eponym (current term)
proprietary eponyms
proprietary trading
proprieties
proprietor
proprietorial
proprietors
proprietorship
proprietorship certificate
proprietorships
proprietory
proprietress
proprietresses
proprietrices
proprietrix

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