Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved;
- Example: "a peer in his own right"- Example: "a leading sports figure in his own right"- Example: "a fine opera in its own right"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
own right
n 1: by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications
that you have achieved; "a peer in his own right"; "a
leading sports figure in his own right"; "a fine opera in
its own right"