MAVERICK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of maverick in English

(Definition of maverick from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of maverick

maverick
These may range from the maverick to the orthodox.
There can be disputes about who counts as the experts-e. g., whether the maverick scientist does.
This adverse situation only increased the resentment of the maverick president against the political establishment.
The frequencies of running as mavericks and open nominations are effective indicators to measure internal con-ict.
She consistently preferred the maverick to the conventional, the outspoken to the cautious, the self-made businessman to the traditional director of the traditional family firm.
Suspenseful discussions developed between those "mavericks" applying neural networks in their research on brain functions and neurophysiologists.
Even small-scale and maverick companies survive by public subsidies or by paying less than a living wage.
For these political mavericks, 'mass action' should not be subsumed under election campaigning.
She is also something of a musical maverick in her structural use of the glissando as a basic building-block.
Any maverick officials opting to answer negatively will incur reprimands from their colleagues, who will reverse the mavericks' decisions and deem them to be plainly in error.
It was no wonder that this restless, original, maverick figure was so often persona non grata with other missionaries, colonial officials, and even those who at first often supported him.
So, a schooling system that is driven by literacy, numeracy and attainment in examinations may not be the most welcoming place for maverick, creative, imaginative thinkers.
Romero had spent his career as a maverick.
In the area of nomination, the worst result of inner con-ict is when aspirants do not get party endorsements, then decide to violate party discipline and to run as mavericks.
Of course there are mavericks; of course there are eccentrics—freaks, if you like.
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Translations of maverick

in Chinese (Traditional)
特立獨行的人,行為不合常規的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
特立独行的人,行为不合常规的人…
in Spanish
inconformista, disidente, ternero no marcado…
in Portuguese
dissidente, gado não marcado, maverick…
in more languages
in Polish
in Turkish
in Russian
indywidualist-a/ka…
başına buyruk kişi, bireyci kimse, (grubun) dışında olan kimse…
человек, не похожий на других, белая ворона…
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