maverick

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Although too urbane to be described as a maverick, a misfit, or a loner, he could never quite bring himself to 'fit in' and it was always from an idiosyncratic external viewpoint that he observed literature, art, and, indeed, life.

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  1. noun An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.
  2. noun One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.
  3. adjective Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence: maverick politicians; a maverick decision.

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  1. Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the calves in his herd unbranded .

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/ (măvˈər-ĭk, măvˈrĭk)/
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