MAVERICK Definition & Meaning

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maverick

[ mav-er-ik, mav-rik ]

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noun

Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
1. a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers:
  His unusual techniques made him a maverick of modern dance.
2. a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas:
  You can't muzzle a maverick.
Maverick, an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 miles (24 km).

adjective

unorthodox, unconventional, or nonconformist:
She had a reputation as a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes.

maverick

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noun

(in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf
1. a person of independent or unorthodox views
2. ( as modifier )
  a maverick politician

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of maverick¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; named after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded

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Origin of maverick¹

C19: after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas rancher, who did not brand his cattle

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Some political insiders have raised the possibility of another maverick, business-friendly candidate emerging from outside the system, though few of the names floated seem particularly realistic.

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He was the maverick detective solving crimes across a nine miles by five island in his burgundy Triumph Roadster.

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He played the part of the maverick narcotics agent Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle who pursues a French drugs dealer, most notably in a famous sequence on the New York subway.

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“As much as he was a really brilliant and unique maverick kind of lawyer, he was such a family man — playful, silly, loving.”

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A perpetual narrative around Pakistan is their mercurial nature - a team with mavericks capable of beating any other side on their day.

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