maverick

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/ˈmævəɹɪk/

noun

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noun
A person who thinks and acts independently from the usual rules.
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noun
Extra detail
An unbranded range animal.

Examples

He has a maverick disregard for protocol.
Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
Anything dishonestly obtained.
One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.

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He made a maverick decision. She is such a maverick person.
Tom's callsign is Maverick.
But I would rather have maverick cattle, they are more accustomed to range conditions. My cattle from the registered herd have not done too well.

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But I would rather have maverick cattle, they are more accustomed to range conditions. My cattle from the registered herd have not done too well.
1963, Harry T. Getty, The San Carlos Indian Cattle Industry (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona; no. 7), Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →OCLC, page 6...
Occasionally some young men who have no cattle of their own will take part in these expeditions, or they will give their services by the year to receive a pro rata of all the maverick cattle that may be found. [Quoted from The Texas New Yorker, pages 110–111.]
1875, “Investigating Commission of the Northern Frontier”, in Reports of the Committee of Investigation Sent in 1873 by the Mexican Government to the Frontier of Texas. […], New York, N.Y.: Baker & Godwin, printers, […], →OCLC, section V, pages 62–63
Attempts to regulate the distribution of maverick cattle throughout the 1880s affected particularly the access of cowboys to mavericks.
2016, Victoria Lamont, “Western Violence and the Limits of Sentimental Power”, in Westerns: A Women’s History, Lincoln, Neb.; London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 40
A maverick person tends to be wild, unsettled, and irresponsible, often an outlaw not bound by the rules and mores of society.
2003, Leon Claire Metz, “Maverick”, in The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters, New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, →ISBN, page 170, column 2
John Maynard Keynes, the internationally renowned economist, was impressed by Alan [Turing]'s work, and his unorthodox style. […] It is quite likely that Keynes viewed Alan and his maverick attitude to maths research sympathetically.
2013, Jim Eldridge, “The Thinking Machine”, in Alan Turing (Real Lives), London: A. & C. Black, →ISBN, page 17

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Origin

noun

Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick. The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.

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noun

The young politician was a blank who refused to follow his party's rules.