Question of the Day #954

Packers' AJ Dillon: Draftmate Jordan Love is 'a leader in his own right'

From the headline of this article at Packer Report.

  上記の文で、in his (one's) own rightの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "in his (one's) own right" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 自己の権利で［によって］、自己の正しい資格で
2. 自分自身の能力で、自分だけで、他人の世話にならずに、他に依存せずに、独立して、独自に
3. 生得の権利で、生まれつき備わって、生まれながらの、親譲りの

英辞郎には、上記の三つの訳が掲載されていますが、正直言って1と3の意味で使用されている例を見た記憶がありません。
また、下記例文4と5のようにin its own rightで有形・無形な「もの」に使用することもできます。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Through one's own talents or efforts.

 

Examples

• His father was a hall-of-famer, and he's a pretty good basketball player in his own right.
• She has a fortune in her own right.
• Although now a success in her own right, she knows the difficulties of living in the shadow of her famous older sister.
• It was a real town, a city in its own right. Uglies
• But he could not have been unaware that solving the riddle of K-capture would be an important scientific achievement in its own right. Big Science

   

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