(in′di·pen′dənt) adjective
1. Not subordinate or subject to nor dependent for support upon another government, person, or thing.
2. Affording means of independence or freedom of action.
3. Indicating self–reliance; resentful of, or uninfluenced by, advice or assistance.
4. Separate or disconnected.
5. Pertaining to the Independents or Congregationalists.
6. Not identified with any political party.
7. Possessing sufficient means to live without labor.
8. Math, a Capable of taking any value without regard to the variation of other quantities. b Denoting two or more quantities such that the value of none of them depends upon that of the others.
—noun
1. One who exercises his own will or judgment without the guidance or control of others.
2. Often cap. One who is not an adherent of any political party.
—in′de·pen′·dent·ly adverb

(in′di·pen′dənt) noun
1. A believer in Independency.
2. In England, a Congregationalist.