Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maverick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maverick \Mav"er*ick\, v. t.
To take a maverick. [Western U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maverick \Mav"er*ick\, n.
In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or
heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild;
-- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in
Texas who neglected to brand his cattle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maverick
adj : independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat
irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: {irregular},
{unorthodox}]
n 1: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and
action [syn: {rebel}]
2: unbranded range animal especially a stray calf
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