Words at Play : Top 10 Words from People's Names
Samuel A. Maverick is famous for what he didn't do.
A Texas lawyer in the 1800s, he once received a fee in cattle rather than cash. Not being a rancher, he simply let his herd wander.
Unbranded cattle were called mavericks – and that word kept roaming until it included others who reject the crowd.
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