as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
he spent a few years living as a bohemian in the artists' quarter of the city
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Noun
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Then there was his creation of the ad hoc Department of Government Efficiency that fell under the leadership of maverick entrepreneur Elon Musk.—
Frank Miele,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026 -
Trump hadn’t hired a kooky, maverick academic who happened to agree with him on tariffs, as has often been suggested.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Also, Joan Cusack plays an infamous local eccentric, and a fictional pop star shows up!—
Mary Sollosi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
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The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Bohemian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bohemian. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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