<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an independent person or thing.</li><li>a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents.</li><li>Politics: a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with their own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party.</li><li>(initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical: an adherent of Independency.</li><li>British: a Congregationalist.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>