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• unbranded — /un bran did/, adj. 1. not branded or marked to show ownership: an unbranded calf. 2. Com. carrying no brand or trademark of a manufacturer: unbranded canned foods. [1635 45; UN + BRAND + ED2, ED3] * * * …   Universalium

• maverick — /mav euhr ik, mav rik/, n. 1. Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. 2. a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart… …   Universalium

• maverick — [19] Originally, in the American West, a maverick was an unbranded calf that had become separated from its mother and its herd (by convention, any farmer or stockman who came upon such a calf could add it to his herd and brand it as his own). The …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• maverick — n 1.Southwestern U.S. unbranded cow or steer, unbranded calf, motherless calf. 2. dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, protestant; malcontent, agitator, rabble rouser, instigator, inciter, troublemaker; rebel, recusant, revolutionary,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• maverick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loner, lone wolf, nonconformist, dissenter. See unconformity.Ant., conformer. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. in opposition, in revolt, contentious, aberrant, nonconformist; see also quarrelsome 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

• poddy — /ˈpɒdi / (say podee) noun (plural poddies) Also, poddy calf. 1. a. a handfed calf. b. an unbranded calf just big enough to wean. –adjective 2. (of a small animal, especially a lamb or calf) requiring to be handfed. 3. British Colloquial pot… …  

• poddy — 1. adjective a) Fat, corpulent. b) Fed by hand. 2. noun a) An unbranded calf. , 1904: When the milkin musics ended, and the big cans stacked away, / An the poddies have done …   Wiktionary

• maverick — mav·er·ick || mævrɪk n. unbranded calf; motherless calf; independent thinker, nonconformist, one who takes a stand apart from his associates adj. independent, nonconformist; having no owner, running free, wandering …   English contemporary dictionary

• mavericks — mav·er·ick || mævrɪk n. unbranded calf; motherless calf; independent thinker, nonconformist, one who takes a stand apart from his associates adj. independent, nonconformist; having no owner, running free, wandering …   English contemporary dictionary

• maverick — [19] Originally, in the American West, a maverick was an unbranded calf that had become separated from its mother and its herd (by convention, any farmer or stockman who came upon such a calf could add it to his herd and brand it as his own). The …   Word origins

• Brand — For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). Marque redirects here. For other uses, see Marque (disambiguation). The Coca Cola logo is an example of a widely recognized trademark representing a global brand …   Wikipedia