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 high office. Maverick is also an adjective. a maverick group of scientists, who oppose the prevailing medical opinion on the disease. an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful (Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle)
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
independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
Sports car built 1953-1955 by Maverick Motors, Mountain View, Ca ; boat-tail body, 2-seater, 1941 La Salle grille, 1949-51 Lincoln headlight trim rings, '49 Mercury parking lights; low body, no doors, 1953 Cadillac motor, 210HP (others on request), manual 3-speed gearbox, wheel base 120-128", body approximately 192" long, tires 7 60 x 16
{i} unbranded calf; motherless calf; independent thinker, nonconformist, one who takes a stand apart from his associates
an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action