'Maverick' definitions:
Definition of 'maverick'
From: WordNet
adjective
Independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: irregular, maverick, unorthodox]
noun
Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: maverick, rebel]
noun
An unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
Definition of 'Maverick'
From: GCIDE
- Maverick \Mav"er*ick\, v. t. To take a maverick. [Western U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Maverick'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maverick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitator,
- alien,
- ass,
- aurochs,
- beat,
- beatnik,
- beef,
- beef cattle,
- beeves,
- bigot,
- bison,
- bitter-ender,
- Bohemian,
- bossy,
- bovine,
- bovine animal,
- Brahman,
- brawler,
- breakaway,
- buffalo,
- bull,
- bullethead,
- bullock,
- calf,
- carabao,
- case,
- cattle,
- character,
- cow,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- critter,
- dairy cattle,
- dairy cow,
- deviant,
- diehard,
- dissenter,
- dogie,
- dogmatist,
- donkey,
- dropout,
- eccentric,
- extremist,
- fanatic,
- far out,
- flower child,
- freak,
- free and easy,
- fringy,
- frondeur,
- hardnose,
- heifer,
- heretic,
- heretical,
- hermit,
- heterodox,
- hippie,
- hobo,
- hornless cow,
- Indian buffalo,
- informal,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- intransigeant,
- intransigent,
- kine,
- kinky,
- kook,
- last-ditcher,
- leppy,
- lone wolf,
- loner,
- malcontent,
- meshuggenah,
- milch cow,
- milcher,
- milk cow,
- milker,
- misfit,
- mule,
- muley cow,
- muley head,
- musk-ox,
- mutineer,
- natural,
- neat,
- nonconformist,
- nonjuror,
- not cricket,
- not done,
- not kosher,
- nut,
- odd fellow,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- offbeat,
- original,
- outsider,
- ox,
- oxen,
- pariah,
- perverse fool,
- pighead,
- positivist,
- purist,
- queer duck,
- queer fish,
- queer specimen,
- rara avis,
- rebel,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- screwball,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- solitary,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- steer,
- stickler,
- stirk,
- stot,
- subversive,
- swinger,
- traitor,
- tramp,
- type,
- ugly duckling,
- unconformist,
- unconventional,
- unfashionable,
- unorthodox,
- way out,
- wisent,
- yak,
- yearling,
- yippie,
- zealot,
- zebu
Maverick -- U.S. County in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Maverick -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
47297
Housing Units (2000) :
14889
Land area (2000) :
1280.075258 sq. miles (3315.379558 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
11.664875 sq. miles (30.211885 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1291.740133 sq. miles (3345.591443 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
28.742950 N, 100.387315 W