[usuallybeforenoun] having become rich and successful through your own hard work rather than having had money given to you:
He was proud of the fact that he was a self-made man.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is self-made a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, self-made is tagged as adjective.
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