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self-made definition

self·-made (-mād′)

adjective

  1. made by oneself or itself
  2. successful, rich, etc. through one's own efforts a self-made man
  3. being or having become such primarily through one's own efforts a self-made millionaire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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