MAVERICK


Meaning of MAVERICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mævərɪk ]

( mavericks)

If you describe someone as a maverick , you mean that they are unconventional and independent, and do not think or behave in the same way as other people.

He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.

N-COUNT

Maverick is also an adjective.

...a maverick group of scientists, who oppose the prevailing medical opinion on the disease...

ADJ : ADJ n

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