name
noun
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
self-named
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a word derived from
name.
Example Sentences
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“He really was the monarch and owned the airwaves,” says Eric Andre, 41, who studied the master before launching his self-named Adult Swim show in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
The self-named “high ambition coalition” of countries want an end to plastic pollution by 2040, using an ambitious, effective international legally-binding instrument.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
Petito’s family members and the family’s attorney and spokesperson, Richard Stafford, sat down for a 30-minute interview with Dr. Phil McGraw on his self-named show.
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2021
During a three-hour layover in Atlanta, he and Mike Davis, managing director for Earnhardt’s self-named company, recorded their weekly podcast, “Dale Jr. Download,” forecasting their trip to the Olympics.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2018
Does it ever occur to the self-named commonplace woman that her heaven-appointed task is as high a "mission" as any that may be taken up by her more gifted sisters?
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland
