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• n  a person who pursues independent thought or action
• s  marked by or expressing individuality
  an individualistic way of dressing

• His idiosyncratic coaching style there and later as head coach at San Diego State made him popular among his players and gained the attention of another individualist: Al Davis .
• Then individualist Daser wrapped himself in a yellow patchwork quilt, retired to his bedroom with quantities of aspirin and Veuve Clicquot champagne, refused to go through with the .
• The individualist Henry David Thoreau called America "The Great Western Pioneer whom the nations follow.

• individualistic

News & Articles

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• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Quite a perdikamut'
  I grew up (though not very far up) in what I expected was, and maybe still is, about the most independent, individualistic, mule-stubborn, anti-socialist area in the world -- rural Missouri; and when you grow up from very birth in a place, your first 12 or 15 years give you, without even thinking about it, a subconscious, deep-dyed conviction that there s no such thing as another kind of place ...
  June 24, 2013 - The Lake County Record-Bee

Quotes

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• Anton Balasingham in Wall Street Journal
  The more the international community alienates the LTTE, the more the LTTE will be compelled to tread a hardline individualist path,the Tigers' chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, told a Tamil Web site on Saturday.
• Kris Holm in Anchorage Daily News (registration)
  He's an individualist. He's not afraid to do something that's outside the norm, plus he's such an athletic guy,Holm added. "Most people in uni have a problem-solving mentality. People who are used to challenges, used to not getting...
• Lionel Messi in Goal.com
  Messi explained he takes this as constructive criticism, and he admitted he is an "individualist who works for the team", and his former coaches Alfio Basile, Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola all accepted this.