self-willed

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SELF-WILL'ED, adjective Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the will or wishes of others; not accomodating or compliant; obstinate.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign