Definitions
independent in behavior or thought
Word origin
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”.
Used in a sentence
“But I would rather have maverick cattle, they are more accustomed to range conditions. My cattle from the registered herd have not done too well.”
“Attempts to regulate the distribution of maverick cattle throughout the 1880s affected particularly the access of cowboys to mavericks.”
“He made a maverick decision. She is such a maverick person.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Independent thinker”8 letters
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