maverick

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see also: Maverick

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Etymology

The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: măvʹər-ĭk, IPA: /ˈmævəɹɪk/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmævəɹɪk/

Adjective

maverick

1. (of cattle) Unbranded.
2. Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

   He made a maverick decision.  She is such a maverick person.

Translations

• Italian: brado
• Spanish: orejano

Translations

• French: individualiste
• German: individualistisch, eigenwillig
• Italian: individualista
• Portuguese: independente, rebelde
• Russian: инакомы́слящий
• Spanish: rebelde, disidente, independiente

Noun

maverick (plural mavericks)

1. An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]
2. (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
3. (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]

   Synonyms: heteroclite, individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebel, Thesaurus:maverick

4. (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
5. (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
6. (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Translations

• German: mutterloses Kalb (orphan calf), Tier ohne Brandzeichen (unbranded animal)
• Italian: brado
• Russian: неклеймённый телёнок
• Spanish: cimarrón

Translations

• French: anticonformiste, excentrique, franc-tireur, non-conformiste
• German: Querkopf, Individualist, Nonkonformist, Paradiesvogel
• Italian: cane sciolto, anticonformista, indipendente, battitore libero
• Portuguese: inconformista, excêntrico, excêntrica, dissidente
• Russian: индивидуали́ст
• Spanish: disidente, rebelde, independiente

Translations

• French: dissident, franc-tireur
• German: eigenwilliger Typ, Nonkonformist, Paradiesvogel, Querkopf
• Italian: anticonformista
• Russian: диссиде́нт
• Spanish: excéntrico

Verb

maverick (mavericks, present participle mavericking; simple past and past participle mavericked)

1. (US) To take an unbranded range animal.
2. (by extension) To seize without a legal claim.

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Maverick

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Etymology

Likely a Welsh - surname, from mawr rwyce, "great hero.

Proper noun

1. Surname.
2. A male given name.
3. Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascot, most of which are in the United States.

Noun

maverick (plural mavericks)

1. A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
2. Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.

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