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maverick Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way:
- a political maverick
- He was considered as something of a maverick in the publishing world.
1 a calf (= young cow) that has not been branded (= had its owner's mark burned onto it):
- Mavericks are wild cattle that haven't been branded and have never been gathered.
- Cowboys believed they had as much of a right to the mavericks they found on the range as did the ranchers.
2 thinking and acting in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way:
- She is more maverick while I am slightly more conventional.
- He has worked with maverick Finnish film-maker Ari Kurasmaki.
3 a person who thinks and acts independently of and differently from others:
- She is considered a political maverick.
4 a person who thinks and acts in an independent way that is different from what is usual or expected:
- She has established a reputation as a maverick.
- a maverick businessman/personality/senator

Brian Wilson is the maverick genius behind the Beach Boys.
He's always had a maverick streak.
The senator from Arizona lived up to his maverick reputation.
These may range from the maverick to the orthodox.
There can be disputes about who counts as the experts-e. g., whether the maverick scientist does.
This adverse situation only increased the resentment of the maverick president against the political establishment.
The frequencies of running as mavericks and open nominations are effective indicators to measure internal con-ict.
She consistently preferred the maverick to the conventional, the outspoken to the cautious, the self-made businessman to the traditional director of the traditional family firm.