Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - maverick
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Maverick
maverick
I. noun Etymology: Samuel A. Maverick died 1870 American pioneer who did not brand his calves Date: 1867 1. an unbranded range animal; especially a motherless calf 2. an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party II. adjective Date: 1886 characteristic of, suggestive of, or inclined to be a ~
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n. 1 US an unbranded calf or yearling. 2 an unorthodox or independent-minded person. Etymology: S. A. Maverick, Texas engineer and rancher d. 1870, who did not brand his cattle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. ам. неклейменый теленок 2. бездомный человек, бродяга 3. разг. индивидуалист; человек, не похожий на других, "белая ворона" 4. разг. инакомыслящий 5. разг. диссидент 6. разг. человек, не принадлежащий ни к одной партии Id: maverick mine —- воен. жарг. дрейфующая мина 7. захватывать неклейменый скот 8. приобретать нечестным путем ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) amer. неклейменый теленок 2) скиталец; бродяга 3) человек, не принадлежащий ни к одной партии; диссидент ...Англо-русский словарь
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(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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful (Charles was always a bit of a maverick, even at school.) - maverick adj (maverick tendencies) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1867, in allusion to Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), Texas cattle owner who was negligent in branding his calves. Sense of "individualist, unconventional person" is first recorded 1886, via notion of "masterless." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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