Usually means: Achieved success through personal effort.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word self-made man:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-made man: Wordnik
  2. Self-made man: Dictionary.com
  3. Self-made man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. self-made man: FreeDictionary.org
  5. self-made man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. self-made man, Self-made man: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Self-made man)

noun:  Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised as a Man is a 2006 book by journalist Norah Vincent, recounting an 18-month experiment in which she disguised herself as a man and then integrated into traditionally male-only venues, such as a bowling league and a monastery.
noun:  A self-made man is a person whose success is of their own making.
noun:  A self-made man is a poor man who becomes successful through hard work.


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