How to pronounce “maverick”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (of cattle) Unbranded.
• Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
• [Noun]
• An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]
• (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
• (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]
• (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
• (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
• (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
• [Verb]
• (US) To take an unbranded range animal.
• (by extension) To seize without a legal claim.

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