a self-made man



a self-made man

a man who is rich and successful as a result of his own work and not because his family had a lot of money Critchley was a self-made man who learned accounting while working in a brush factory.
See also: man

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VeldaVEL-dəEnglish
BuĞRa-Turkish
Touthmosis-Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Malloy['mæləri]
EmilE-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
Cleena-Irish