maverick

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• Received-Pronunciation: măvʹər-ĭk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmævəɹɪk/
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• General-American: /ˈmævəɹɪk/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 V ER0 IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick. 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”.

The surname is most famously associated with Samuel Maverick, a rancher from Texas who did not brand his cattle. The surname is of uncertain origin, but known to date as far back as the 1500s in Devon, England. Its meaning is a matter of conjecture, with connections to the name Maurice being unprovable.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: ongemerkt — of cattle: unbranded
• Dutch: niet gebrandmerkt — of cattle: unbranded
• Finnish: merkitsemätön — of cattle: unbranded
• Italian: brado — of cattle: unbranded
• Spanish: orejano — of cattle: unbranded
• Bulgarian: вироглав (viroglav) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Bulgarian: своенравен (svoenraven) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Catalan: individualista — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Chinese Mandarin: 特立獨行 /特立独行 (tèlìdúxíng) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: podivínský — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: nezapadající — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: nepřizpůsobivý — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: nekonformní — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: individualistický — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Dutch: eigenwijs — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Estonian: isemõtleja — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Estonian: individualist — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Finnish: itsenäinen — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Finnish: riippumaton — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• French: individualiste — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Georgian: თავისუფალი (tavisupali) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Georgian: ინდივიდუალური (individualuri) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Georgian: დამოუკიდებელი (damouḳidebeli) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Georgian: ინდივიდუალი (individuali) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• German: individualistisch — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• German: eigenwillig — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Hindi: गैर पारंपरिक (gair pāramparik) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Hungarian: független — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Hungarian: individualista — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Italian: individualista — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Macedonian: свое́волен (svoévolen) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Macedonian: сво́еглав (svóeglav) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Macedonian: индивидуа́лен (individuálen) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Portuguese: independente — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Portuguese: rebelde — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Romanian: individualist — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Russian: инакомы́слящий (inakomýsljaščij) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Russian: свободомы́слящий (svobodomýsljaščij) — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Serbo-Croatian: својѐглав — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Serbo-Croatian: svojèglav — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Spanish: rebelde — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Spanish: disidente — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Spanish: independiente — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Swedish: vilde — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Swedish: vagabond — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Swedish: enstöring — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Turkish: bireyselci — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Turkish: başına buyruk — showing independence in thoughts or actions
• Czech: neoznačkovaný dobytek — unbranded range animal
• Estonian: isemõtleja individualist — unbranded range animal
• Finnish: merkitsemätön eläin — unbranded range animal
• German: mutterloses Kalb — unbranded range animal
• German: Tier ohne Brandzeichen — unbranded range animal
• Italian: brado — unbranded range animal
• Russian: неклеймённый телёнок (neklejmjónnyj teljónok) — unbranded range animal
• Spanish: cimarrón — unbranded range animal
• Finnish: väärin saatu — anything dishonestly obtained
• Czech: nonkonformista — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Czech: nepřizpůsobivý — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Dutch: individualist — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Dutch: nonconformist — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Finnish: kapinallinen — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Finnish: sooloilija — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Finnish: toisinajattelija — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• French: anticonformiste — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• French: excentrique — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• French: franc-tireur — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• French: non-conformiste — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• German: Querkopf — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• German: Individualist — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• German: Nonkonformist — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• German: Paradiesvogel — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Italian: cane sciolto — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Italian: anticonformista — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Italian: indipendente — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Italian: battitore libero — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Khmer: អ្នកឯកត្តនិយម (nĕək aekattani’yum) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Khmer: អ្នកបដិលោមនិយម (nĕək pa’de’laom ni’yum) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Macedonian: индивидуали́ст (individualíst) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Macedonian: индивидуали́стка (individualístka) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Polish: indywidualista — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Polish: wolny duch — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Portuguese: inconformista — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Portuguese: excêntrico — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Portuguese: excêntrica — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Portuguese: dissidente — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Russian: индивидуали́ст (individualíst) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Russian: индивидуали́стка (individualístka) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Russian: нонконформи́ст (nonkonformíst) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Russian: нонконформи́стка (nonkonformístka) — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Spanish: disidente — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Spanish: rebelde — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Spanish: independiente — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Swedish: vagabond — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Swedish: enstöring — one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules
• Czech: nonkonformista — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Czech: podivín — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Czech: volnomyšlenkář — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Dutch: nonconformist — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Dutch: dwarsligger — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Dutch: dissident — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Finnish: toisinajattelija — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Finnish: sooloilija — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• French: dissident — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• French: franc-tireur — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• German: eigenwilliger Typ — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• German: Nonkonformist — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• German: Paradiesvogel — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• German: Querkopf — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Italian: anticonformista — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Macedonian: дисиде́нт (disidént) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Macedonian: дисиде́нтка (disidéntka) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Macedonian: слободо́умник (slobodóumnik) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Russian: диссиде́нт (dissidént) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Russian: диссиде́нтка (dissidéntka) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Russian: вольноду́мец (volʹnodúmec) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Russian: инакомы́слящий (inakomýsljaščij) — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Spanish: excéntrico — one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices
• Finnish: etana — person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person
• Finnish: akka ja jätkä — poker slang: a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
• Finnish: ottaa merkitsemätön eläin — to take an unbranded range animal
• Dutch: toe-eigenen — to seize without a legal claim
• Dutch: opeisen — to seize without a legal claim
• Finnish: takavarikoida — to seize without a legal claim