different between heretic vs maverick

English

Alternative forms

• hæretic (archaic), hæretick (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), heretike (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek ????? (hairé?, “I choose”)

Pronunciation

• (noun): (US) IPA^(key): /?h???t?k/

Noun

heretic (plural heretics)

1. Someone who believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

   • In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient
     deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially
     healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework
     of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane
     attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and
     was willing to become one. In the one case, people are
     accepted as human beings only because they might be healthy
     citizens; in the other, only because they might be faithful
     Christians. In short, neither was heresy formerly, nor is sick-
     ness now, given the kind of humane recognition which, from
     the point of view of an ethic of respect and tolerance, they
     deserve.

2. Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices

Synonyms

• apostate
• dissident
• nonconformist
• sectarian
• separatist
• withersake

Translations

Adjective

heretic (comparative more heretic, superlative most heretic)

1. (archaic) Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

Antonyms

• orthodox

Translations

Related terms

• heresy
• heretical

Anagrams

• chierte, erethic, etheric, heteric, techier

Scots

Etymology

See heresy.

Noun

heretic (plural heretics)

1. heretic
2. (literary style) A poet who claims to have no religion, or to disdain one.

   He's as puir as the heretic baird.

English

Etymology

From the surname of Texas lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. See Maverick.

Mr. Samuel Maverick was, incidentally, the grandfather of former congressman Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook.

The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?v??r-?k, IPA^(key): /?mæv???k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæv??ik/
• Hyphenation: ma?ve?rick

Adjective

maverick (comparative more maverick, superlative most maverick)

1. (of cattle) Unbranded.
2. Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

Translations

Noun

maverick (plural mavericks)

1. An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]
2. (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
3. (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]

   Synonyms: heteroclite, individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebel; see also Thesaurus:maverick

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4. (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
5. (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
6. (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Translations

Verb

maverick (third-person singular simple present mavericks, present participle mavericking, simple past and past participle mavericked)

1. (US) To take an unbranded range animal.
2. (by extension) To seize without a legal claim.

Translations

References

• Michael Weisenberg, compiler (1999) The Official Dictionary of Poker, Inglewood, Calif.: Mike Caro University of Poker, ?ISBN; Tom Dalzell (2012) , “maverick”, in The Slang of Poker, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, ?ISBN, page 155: “maverick / a queen and jack as the first two cards in a hold 'em hand.”

Further reading

• maverick (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• maverick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia