English

Proper noun

Maverick

1. A surname​.
2. Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.

Noun

Maverick ‎(plural Mavericks)

1. A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
2. Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.

Derived terms

• Mav
• maverick

English

Adjective

maverick ‎(comparative more maverick, superlative most maverick)

1. Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

   He made a maverick decision.

   He is a maverick person.

Translations

Noun

maverick ‎(plural mavericks)

1. An unbranded range animal.
   • Around 1900, O Henry, A Call Loan

     Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.

2. One who does not abide by rules.
3. One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.

   Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills. (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, Trick or Treatment, 2008, p. 36-37.)

4. (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em
5. a person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.

Synonyms

• (one who does not abide by rules): individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebel

Translations

See also

• heteroclite

Verb

maverick ‎(third-person singular simple present mavericks, present participle mavericking, simple past and past participle mavericked)

1. (US) To take an unbranded range animal.

References

1. ↑ “Maverick”, in (Please provide the title of the work), (Please provide a date or year)

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523