self-confessed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of self-confessed
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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A self-confessed politics nerd as a child, the young Jetten grew up in a small town in the southern province of Brabant and came out when he was young.
From BBC
His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned the self-confessed geek the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.
From Barron's
As a self-confessed Traitors superfan, you might have expected Line of Duty actor Mark Bonnar to jump at the chance to appear in the celebrity version.
From BBC
The self-confessed teenage nerd was dedicated to weird science as a vocation.
From Los Angeles Times
All begins sunnily, however, in the year 1899, when Evelyn, a self-confessed hack writer of travel books, with one failed novel to his name, marries an American heiress.
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