maverick vs night person

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. 

night person

noun
  • A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime. 

How often have the words maverick and night person occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )