maverick [MAV-er-ik]
noun. an unorthodox or independent-minded person
Origin: from the name of Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), a Texas engineer and rancher who did not brand his cattle.
"A maverick composer in many respects, Berlioz was no respecter of genre, and his works are famously hard to categorize."
"George Sand's maverick views on marriage scandalized 19th-century French society."
"He is a maverick among politicians."
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