D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

So-called

/sōʹkôld'/ · So·-called · IPA /ˈsoʊˌkɔld/
01 a. So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).
  1. 1.
    So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).