Maroon Definition

mə-ro͝on
marooned, maroons
verb
marooned, maroons
In the South, to camp out or picnic for several days.
Webster's New World
To put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did.
Webster's New World
To leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless.
Webster's New World
To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape.
The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
American Heritage
noun
maroons
In the West Indies and Suriname,
Webster's New World
A descendant of such a slave.
American Heritage
Dark brownish-red.
Webster's New World
A marooned person.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Maroon

Noun

Singular:
maroon
Plural:
maroons

Origin of Maroon

  • From French marron fugitive slave from American Spanish cimarrón wild, runaway perhaps from cima summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains) from Latin cȳma sprout cyma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French marron chestnut from Italian marrone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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