maroon
ma·roon1 / məˈroōn/ • adj. of a brownish-crimson color.• n. a brownish-crimson color.ma·roon2 • v. [tr.] (often be marooned) leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, esp. an island: a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
Maroon
Ma·roon / məˈroōn/ • n. a member of a group of black people living in the mountains and forests of Suriname and the West Indies, descended from escaped slaves.
maroon
maroon2 negro of Surinam and W. Indies XVII; (in full maroon party), pleasure party, picnic XVIII. — F. marron, † maron — Sp. cimarron wild, untamed, runaway slave, f. cimarra furred coat; see -OON.
Hence vb. † pass. and intr. be lost in the wilds XVII, put ashore on a desolate coast XVIII.
Hence vb. † pass. and intr. be lost in the wilds XVII, put ashore on a desolate coast XVIII.
Maroon
Maroon a member of a group of black people living in the mountains and forests of Suriname and the West Indies, descended from runaway slaves. The name comes (in the mid 17th century) from French marron meaning ‘feral’, from Spanish cimarrón ‘wild’, (as a noun) ‘runaway slave’.
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