in one's own right

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Prepositional phrase

in one's own right

  1. As a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or status, rather than that of another.
    His parents are wealthy, but he is a millionaire in his own right.
    "Quarrelous" isn't a misspelling of "querulous" but a word in its own right.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:
      Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.

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