Maroon
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Of dark brownish to purplish red

noun


(2)   An exploding firework used as a warning signal
(3)   A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
(4)   A person who is stranded (as on an island)
"When the tide came in I was a maroon out there"

verb


(5)   Leave stranded on a desert island without resources
"The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
(6)   Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"The travellers were marooned"
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Etymology 1


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

Noun


  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.

Noun


  1. (colour) A dark red, somewhat brownish, colour.

Noun


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