Maven

A maven is an expert. A Yiddish word, deriving from the modern Hebrew conjugation of the verb "lehavin" in its 3rd person singular in the present tense (masculin) - "mevin" (מֵבִין) - which means "to understand, to comprehend". The term may also refer to:

Science and technology

 * Apache Maven, a software tool for build automation
 * MAVEN, an orbiter mission to Mars
 * Maven (Scrabble), a Scrabble-playing algorithm
 * Project Maven, a US Department of Defense project utilizing AI to improve drone targeting

Other uses

 * Maven (car sharing), a former carsharing service of General Motors
 * Maven Networks, a multimedia company acquired by Yahoo!
 * Mitsubishi Maven, a minivan sold in Indonesia since 2005

People

 * Fred Mavin or Maven (1884–1957), English football player and manager
 * Maven (wrestler) (born 1976), American professional wrestler
 * Max Maven (1950–2022), American magician and mentalist