self-styled

[ self-stahyld ]
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adjective
  1. styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.

Origin of self-styled

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby self-styled

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How to use self-styled in a sentence

  • "My valet might object to the opponent I assigned him," said the self-styled gentleman and man of honor.

    The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • In 1830 Bentham had even to hold up 'Master Peel' as a 'model good boy' to the self-styled reformer.

  • Yet at the same time he was up in arms against the self-styled “moderns”!

    Prophets of Dissent | Otto Heller
  • There is a deplorable tendency among our self-styled aristocracy to look upon their circle as a class apart.

    Worldly Ways and Byways | Eliot Gregory
  • Have we not, then, good reason to attribute it rather to the bearer of the message, to the self-styled interpreter of God's will?

    The Bible: what it is | Charles Bradlaugh

British Dictionary definitions for self-styled

self-styled

adjective
  1. (prenominal) claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc: a self-styled expert

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