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Own right   /oʊn raɪt/   Listen
Own right

noun
1.
By title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved.  "A leading sports figure in his own right" , "A fine opera in its own right"



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"Own right" Quotes from Famous Books



... for heroin, hashish, and cocaine, as well as a major cultivator of marijuana in its own right; cocaine and heroin consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries, but increasingly producing its own synthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... is above Garland's right, which is on the psychic's head, and my own right hand is on the right wrist of the psychic. ...
— The Shadow World • Hamlin Garland
... with streaming ribbons, which stuck on his horns, as he tossed his head, enveloped him in a blaze of fire. Occasionally the picador would catch hold of the bull's tail, and passing it under his own right leg, wheel his horse round, force the bullock to gallop backwards, and throw him on ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon de la Barca
... in asking him to stay, I suppose he must ultimately decide." Undershaw's tone betrayed his annoyance. "But I warn you, I reserve my own right of advice. And moreover—supposing you do furnish this room for him, allow me to point out that he will soon want something else, and something more, even, than a better room. He ...
— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... and his companion of many years, Aziz Singh, a dark English boy in appearance and speech, but maharajah in his own right over a powerful principality in Southern India, strolled right away over the grass to the extreme end of the Doctor's extensive grounds, chatting together as boys will talk about the ...
— Glyn Severn's Schooldays • George Manville Fenn


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