Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle

maverick

 noun
     
mav‧e‧rick [countable]
an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful:
He's always been a bit of a maverick.
—maverick adjective [only before noun]
a maverick detective
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary