Maroon

[mə'ruːn] or [mə'run]

Definition

(noun.) an exploding firework used as a warning signal.

(noun.) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.

(noun.) a person who is stranded (as on an island); 'when the tide came in I was a maroon out there'.

(verb.) leave stranded on a desert island without resources; 'The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island'.

(verb.) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; 'the travellers were marooned'.

(adj.) of dark brownish to purplish red .

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Definition

(n.) In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

(v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

(a.) Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.

(n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

(n.) An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Chestnut color.

a. Of a chestnut color.

Editor: Shelton

Definition

n. a brownish crimson.

n. a fugitive slave living on the mountains in the West Indies.—v.t. to put on shore on a desolate island.—ns. Maroon′er; Maroon′ing.

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