'Soi-disant' definitions:
Definition of 'soi-disant'
From: WordNet
adjective
As claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind" [syn: self-styled, soi-disant]
Definition of 'Soi-disant'
From: GCIDE
- Soi-disant \Soi`-di*sant"\ (sw[aum]"d[-e]`z[aum]N"), a. [F.; soi one's self + disant, p. pr. of dire to say.] Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]