Usually means: Independent thinker, unorthodox, nonconformist individual.
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  1. maverick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. maverick: Merriam-Webster
  3. maverick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. maverick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. maverick: Collins English Dictionary
  6. maverick: Vocabulary.com
  7. Maverick, maverick: Wordnik
  8. maverick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Maverick, maverick: Wiktionary
  10. maverick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. maverick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. maverick: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Maverick, maverick: Dictionary.com
  14. maverick: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. maverick: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Maverick (Dark Horse), Maverick (G.I. Joe), Maverick (Hank Williams Jr. album), Maverick (MBTA station), Maverick (Marvel Comics), Maverick (Meg album), Maverick (TV series), Maverick (animal), Maverick (armored vehicle), Maverick (armoured vehicle), Maverick (book), Maverick (chocolate), Maverick (cigarette), Maverick (comics), Maverick (company), Maverick (film), Maverick (magazine), Maverick (name), Maverick (pinball), Maverick (roller coaster), Maverick (soundtrack), Maverick, The Maverick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Maverick: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. maverick: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. maverick: Rhymezone
  20. Maverick: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. maverick: FreeDictionary.org
  22. maverick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Maverick: The Word Detective
  24. maverick: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. maverick: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Television (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Maverick (disambiguation), Maverick: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Maverick (disambiguation), maverick: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. maverick, maverick: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Maverick, maverick: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See mavericking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of cattle) Unbranded.
adjective:  Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
noun:  An unbranded range animal.
noun:  (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
noun:  (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.
noun:  (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
noun:  (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
noun:  (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
verb:  (US) To take an unbranded range animal.
verb:  (by extension) To seize without a legal claim.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.
noun:  A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
noun:  Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.

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