self-proclaimed

Ned had last seen the king nine years before during Balon Greyjoy's rebellion, when the stag and the direwolf had joined to end the pretensions of^[각주:1] the self-proclaimed^[각주:2] King of the Iron Islands. 

1. pretension ; [C , U], [주로 복수로] 1. 허세, 가식 2. ~ (to sth/to doing sth) | ~ (to do sth) (…라는・한다는) 주장, 자처 [본문으로]
2. self-proclaimed ; [형용사] (흔히 못마땅함) (다른 사람들의 동의・허락 없이) 자기 혼자 주장하는, 자칭의 [본문으로]