adjective
[ usually before noun ] 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 .
adjective
[ usually before noun ] 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 .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005