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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmævərɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mav′ər ik, mav′rik)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mav•er•ick /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Dialect Termsan animal that has not been branded, esp. a motherless calf.
  2. one who thinks and acts independently:a political maverick against business as usual.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. of or relating to such a person:a maverick politician.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mav•er•ick  (mav′ər ik, mav′rik),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Southwestern U.S.]an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. 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.
  3. Military(cap.) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).
  • after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded 1865–70, American.
    2. nonconformist, independent, loner.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
maverick /ˈmævərɪk/ n
  1. (in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf
    • a person of independent or unorthodox views
    • (as modifier): a maverick politician
Etymology: 19th Century: after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas rancher, who did not brand his cattle
'maverick' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a maverick [idea, experiment], [a famous, an intellectual, a popular] maverick, is a maverick [cop, detective, philosopher], more...

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