maroon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is stranded (as on an island)
    • when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
  2. noun a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
  3. noun an exploding firework used as a warning signal
  4. verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    strand.
    • the travellers were marooned
  5. verb leave stranded on a desert island without resources
    • The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
  6. adjective satellite of dark brownish to purplish red
    brownish-red.

WordNet

Ma*roon" noun
Etymology
F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.
Definitions
  1. In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
Ma*roon" transitive verb
Etymology
See Maroon a fugitive slave.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Marooned ; present participle & verbal noun Marooning
Definitions
  1. To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. Bartlett.
Ma*roon" adjective
Etymology
F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. . Cf. Marron.
Definitions
  1. Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
Ma*roon" noun
Definitions
  1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
  2. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

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