- an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers: His unusual techniques made him a maverick of modern dance.
- a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas: You can't muzzle a maverick.
- an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 miles (24 km).
- unorthodox, unconventional, or nonconformist: She had a reputation as a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes.
- (in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf
- a person of independent or unorthodox views
- (as modifier)
