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Definition of Maroon
1. Adjective. Of dark brownish to purplish red.
2. Verb. Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. "The travellers were marooned"
3. Noun. A person who is stranded (as on an island). "When the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
4. Verb. Leave stranded on a desert island without resources. "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
5. Noun. A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.
6. Noun. An exploding firework used as a warning signal.
Definition of Maroon
1. n. In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
2. v. t. To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
3. a. Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
4. n. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
Definition of Maroon
1. Noun. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. ¹
2. Noun. A castaway; a person who has been marooned. ¹
3. Adjective. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. ¹
4. Verb. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island. ¹
5. Noun. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color. ¹
6. Adjective. Of a '''maroon''' color ¹
7. Noun. (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat. ¹
8. Noun. (slang derogatory) An idiot; a fool. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maroon
1. to abandon in an isolated place [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maroon
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