| metonymy |
| Definition: Referring to something by naming (1) one of its parts or (2) something that is associated with it. |
| Example: Calling a spokesman for the president of the United States a White House spokesman. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek metonymia, a change of name (from the Greek meta, change + onoma, name). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first OED citation is from 1547: "Men seyth that they admyt metonomian, and say under the forme of breade is the trew bodye of Christ." (Hooper Answ. Winchester's Bk. D1b) |