Definition of Marron

1. n. A large chestnut.

Definition of Marron

1. Noun. chestnut ¹

2. Noun. A type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marron

1. a variety of chestnut [n -S]

Medical Definition of Marron

1. 1. A large chestnut. 2. A chestnut colour; maroon. 3. A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, used to make a noise like a cannon. Alternative forms: maroon. See: Maroon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marron

married
married couple
married couples
married man
married person
married woman
marriedness
marrieds
marrier
marriers
marries
marrieth
marring
marrish
marrite
marron (current term)
marron glacé
marrons
marrons glacés
marrot
marrow
marrow-lymph gland
marrow canal
marrow cell
marrow squash
marrowbone
marrowbones
marrowed
marrowfat
marrowfat pea

Literary usage of Marron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"The information, as to the said marron, charges, in fl 2, among other things: That ever since said order of suspension he has maintained a law office in the ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"The said marron Siding extends from a point near the complainants' colliery to, and joins the railway at, *a point called the marron r*(-nc Junction, ..."

3. Landscapes of Mallorca by Valerie Crespí-Green (2004)
"Follow the main walk as far as the GATES TO THE Puig d'en marron (45min) and then ... This avoids the ascent up the Puig d'en marron, but still takes in the ..."

4. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"When the pine, the juniper, the beach plum, and the bay- berry vanished, marron beach grass was left to hold its own against the elements. ..."

5. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"Eugenie marron. examining a freshly caught, large squid off Iquique. Photo courtesy Random House Publishing Co., in book. ..."

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