n. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

n. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

adj. independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"

n. a person who dissents from some established policy

n. one who agitates; a political troublemaker

n. a person who pursues independent thought or action

n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

n. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

n. someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

adj. unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style"

adj. not bound by rule or law or convention; "bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm"- George Saintsbury

adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"