soi-disant

• Did you ever hear of a prime minister, even soi-disant tel, challenging an opponent, when he could not answer him? —  The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
• But who can wonder, when the Almighty himself is called by one of those wretches, the soi-disant God. —  The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
• Our _soi-disant_ sailor munched heavily awhile hungrily before answering: —  Ulysses
• -- Fine lump of a woman all the same, the _soi-disant_ townclerk Henry —  Ulysses
• And accordingly he tendered a purse with some gold in it to the soi-disant captain. —  The Bride of Lammermoor

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