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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Maverick \Mav"er*ick\, noun 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Maverick \Mav"er*ick\, verb (used with an object) To take a maverick. [Western U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
maverick
adjective: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: {irregular}, {unorthodox}]
noun
1: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: {rebel}]
2: an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
144 Moby Thesaurus words for "maverick": Bohemian, Brahman, Indian buffalo, agitator, alien, ass, aurochs, beat, beatnik, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bigot, bison, bitter-ender, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, 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, 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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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 Headwords: Maverick Maverick, TX Maverick County Maverick County, TX
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