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What does self-made mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word self-made? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of a person, having achieved success by one's own efforts.
  2. Of a thing, made by oneself instead of bought or taken over.
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Mills was a self-made man who descended from a family of Scotch-English ancestry.
His father was a self-made rich peasant, hard-working and frugal, narrowed rather than broadened in mind by his hard-won success.
In contrast to the Gracchus brothers, Marius was a self-made man with no aristocratic background.
An autopoietic system is basically a self-made and self-sustaining ensemble.
Stanley was a self-made man who raised himself from poverty to success through his technical skills.
A typical resident of the floating apartment ship is aged between 50 and 60 with a self-made fortune.

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