in one's own right

English

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.

Translations

as a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or state

• Catalan: per mèrits propis
• Finnish: omasta ansiostaan
• French: à part entière (fr)
• German: auf Grund eigener Begabung, aus eigener Kraft, aus eigenem Recht, eigenständig (de), selber (de), eigen (de)
• Hungarian: saját jogán
• Polish: w sobie
• Portuguese: por si só (pt)
• Russian: и сам по себе (i sam po sebe)
• Slovak: zaslúžene, vlastnou zásluhou
• Spanish: por sí mismo, por sus propios méritos, por derecho propio, por méritos propios
• Turkish: kendi başına (tr), kendi kendine (tr)
• Welsh: yn ei rinwedd ei hun