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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mav•er•ick /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Dialect Termsan animal that has not been branded, esp. a motherless calf.
- one who thinks and acts independently:a political maverick against business as usual.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to such a person:a maverick politician.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mav•er•ick (mav′ər ik, mav′rik),USA pronunciation n. - Dialect Terms[Southwestern U.S.]an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
- Military(cap.) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).
- after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded 1865–70, American.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nonconformist, independent, loner.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: maverick /ˈmævərɪk/ n - (in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf
- a person of independent or unorthodox views
- (as modifier): a maverick politician
Etymology: 19th Century: after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas rancher, who did not brand his cattle |