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Definitions for Maverick
[1] Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
[2] a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates: a modern-dance maverick. a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas: You can't muzzle a maverick.
[3] 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).
[4] unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist: a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes.
[5] (in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf
[6] a person of independent or unorthodox views (as modifier ) a maverick politician
Words related to Maverick
radical, nonconformist, extremist, bohemian, dissenter, malcontent
Words nearby Maverick
mauvaise foi, mauve, mauve decade, mauá, maven, maverick, mavis, mavors, mavourneen, mavun, maw
Origin of Maverick
1865–70, Americanism ; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded
Word origin for Maverick
C19: after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas rancher, who did not brand his cattle
Synonyms for Maverick
bohemian, dissenter, extremist, malcontent, nonconformist, radical