Maroon

English

Verb

Maroon (third-person singular simple present Maroons, present participle Marooning, simple past and past participle Marooned)

1. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

Noun

Maroon (plural Maroons)

1. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
2. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Adjective

Maroon (not comparable)

1. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Derived terms

• marooner

External links

• A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname

Noun

Maroon (plural Maroons)

1. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

   Maroon colour:

Adjective

Maroon (comparative more Maroon, superlative most Maroon)

1. Of a maroon color

Noun

Maroon (plural Maroons)

1. (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

Thesaurus

Titian, Titian-red, abandon, back out, beg off, bivouac, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cast away, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, cry off, damask, depart from, desert, discard, drop out, encamp, evacuate, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, forsake, glowing, go back on, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, isolate, jettison, jilt, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, leave, leave behind, leave flat, lobster-red, lurid, port-wine, puce, pull out, quit, quit cold, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, renege, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, say goodbye to, scarlet, seclude, stammel, stand down, strand, take leave of, tent, throw over, tile-red, vacate, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red, withdraw

Etymology 1

Derived from the American-Spanish cimarrón, meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈruːn/, /məˈrəʊn/ /m@"ru:n/, /m@"r@Un/

Etymology 2

Undetermined

Translations

Noun

runaway slave

French: nègre marron m., nègresse marron f., nègre libre m., nègresse libre f.

Spanish: esclavo cimarrón m. {{trans-botto castaway Italian: naufrago (it) Noun dark red, somewhat brownish colour Chinese: 栗色 Danish: maron (da) Finnish: punaruskea (fi) French: marron pourpré, bordeaux German: Kastanienbraun n. Greek: Modern καστανέρυθρο (kastanerythro or kastanerithro) Katharevousa: καστανέρυθρον (kastanerythron or kastanerithron) Icelandic: rauðbrúnn (is) m., dumbrauður (is) m. Italian: marrone (it), bordeaux (it) Japanese: くり色 (くりいろ, kuriiro) Korean: 밤색 (bamsaeg, -k) Spanish: castaño (es) Swedish: bordeaux (sv) Vietnamese: hạt dẻ (vi) Adjective color Finnish: punaruskea (fi) French: marron pourpré, bordeaux German: kastanienbraun (de) Icelandic: rauðbrúnn (is) m., dumbrauður (is) m. Italian: marrone (it), rossastro (it), fulvo (it) Japanese: くり色の (くりいろの, kuriiro no) Portuguese: castanho (pt) m., castanha (pt) f. Spanish: castaño (es) See also (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds) [edit] Anagrams romano