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mav·er·ick    Audio Help   [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
2.a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
3.(initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).
[Origin: 1865–70, Americanism; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded]

—Synonyms 2. nonconformist, independent, loner.
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