maroon

To maroon is defined as to put someone in an isolated place.

(verb)

An example of to maroon is to leave someone on an island.

The definition of maroon is dark red with either purple or brown tints.

(adjective)

An example of maroon is a wine-colored shirt.

See maroon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun, adjective

dark brownish red

Origin: Fr marron, chestnut, chestnut color < It marrone

noun

in the West Indies and Suriname,
1. Historical a fugitive black slave
2. a descendant of such slaves
Rare a marooned person

Origin: Fr marron < AmSp cimarrón, wild, unruly < OSp cimarra, thicket

transitive verb

to put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did
to leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless

intransitive verb

☆ Obsolete in the South, to camp out or picnic for several days

See maroon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons

To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.

noun

often Maroon
a. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
b. A descendant of such a slave.
A person who is marooned, as on an island.

Origin:

Origin: From French marron, fugitive slave

Origin: , from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway

Origin: , perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains)

Origin: , from Latin cȳma, sprout; see cyma

noun

A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

Origin:

Origin: French marron, chestnut

Origin: , from Italian marrone

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