Maverick, substantivo (Eng.)

mav‧er‧ick  [mav-er-ik, mav-rik]

1.Southwestern U.S.. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
2.a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
3.(initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).

[Origin: 1865–70, American; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded]
—Synonyms 2. nonconformist, independent, loner.