By the end of the 19th century, the term maverick was being used to refer to individuals who prefer to blaze their own trails. Noun Let him refind his inner rebel, the famous irreverent maverick, let the …

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

MAVERICK meaning: 1. a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected…. Learn more.

If you describe someone as a maverick, you mean that they are unconventional and independent, and do not think or behave in the same way as other people. He was too much of a maverick ever to hold …

Characterized by or displaying independence of thought and action: maverick politicians; a maverick decision. [Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the …

Definition of maverick noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

MAVERICK meaning: a person who refuses to follow the customs or rules of a group

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Someone who acts very independently is a maverick, and individual actions that stand out are maverick, as in "her maverick jumping style on the ice was both wild and delicate."