OWN RIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does own right mean? 

• OWN RIGHT (noun)
  The noun OWN RIGHT has 1 sense:

1. by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved

  Familiarity information: OWN RIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OWN RIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context examples:

a peer in his own right / a leading sports figure in his own right / a fine opera in its own right

Hypernyms ("own right" is a kind of...):

claim; title (an established or recognized right)