maverick vs rebel

maverick

noun
  • One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. 

  • A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person. 

  • Anything dishonestly obtained. 

  • A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 

  • An unbranded range animal. 

  • One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. 

adj
  • Showing independence in thoughts or actions. 

  • Unbranded. 

verb
  • To seize without a legal claim. 

  • To take an unbranded range animal. 

rebel

noun
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently. 

  • Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier. 

verb
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority. 

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