self-made

[ self-meyd ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈmeɪd /

adjective

having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.

made by oneself.

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Origin of self-made

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby self-made

self-limiting, self-liquidating, self-loader, self-loading, self-love, self-made, self-mailer, self-mastery, self-mate, self-medication, self-mortification

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In the early years, the big powers were often rough, self-made men such as Jack Warner or Louis B. Mayer.
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We needed him to be wary, absorbed, and a little bit gruff, and he gamely complied, thereby furthering his own self-made legend.
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My father was a self-made man as we use the term, but he was more than that – much more.
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But Bennett, a religious IDF commander and self-made multimillionaire, failed us miserably on two leadership issues.
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Isaac was a self-made man, a man ignorant of many things, religious, but uneducated.
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Sorg was a self-made man, who had accumulated considerable money in the tobacco business by energy and industry.
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The daughters of self-made men may well surpass in energy those settled on their lees.
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The one is self-made, guided by vicious impulses; the other is the handiwork of God.
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You ought to give him credit for what he has accomplished, as he is a self-made man.
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British Dictionary definitions for self-made

self-made

adjective

having achieved wealth, status, etc, by one's own efforts

made by oneself

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