Anonymous ID: 5e946b Aug. 7, 2022, 2:37 a.m. No.17119394   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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maverick (n.)

 

1867, "calf or yearling found without an owner's brand," a word from the great cattle ranches of the American West, so called for Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870), Texas cattle owner who was notoriously negligent in branding his calves.

 

All neat stock found running at large in this State, without a mother, and upon which there is neither mark nor brand, shall be deemed a maverick, and shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, at such time and place, and under such rules and regulations, as the round-up commissioners of the district shall prescribe. [act to amend the General Statutes of the State of Colorado, approved April 8, 1885]

 

The family name is an old one in Boston, and a different Samuel Maverick was killed in the Boston Massacre.

 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/maverick