made man

made man (plural made men)

1. A man whose fortune has been made.
   • 1872 — Samuel Butler, Erewhon, chapter 1

     I had no money, but if I could only find workable country, I might stock it with borrowed capital, and consider myself a made man.

2. (slang) A person who has been through an induction ceremony into the Mafia or similar organisation.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:made man.

• friend of ours
• have it made

• man-made, manmade