Associations to the word «Maven»

Wiktionary

MAVEN, noun. (chiefly US) An expert in a given field.
MAVEN, proper noun. (NASA) (space) A space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate.

Dictionary definition

MAVEN, noun. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope