Maroon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
  • v. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
  • n. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • n. A descendant of such a slave.
  • n. A person who is marooned, as on an island.
  • n. A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  • n. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
  • adj. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
  • v. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
  • n. A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.
  • n. An idiot; a fool.
  • n. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
  • adj. Of a maroon color
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
  • v. To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
  • adj. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Very dark crimson or red. See II., 2.
  • n. A kind of sweet chestnut produced in southern Europe, and known elsewhere as the French or Italian chestnut, having a single kernel and attaining a large size from the fact that the other two seeds of the involucre or bur are abortive. It is largely used for food by the poor in the countries where it is produced.
  • n. A generic name for any pure or crimson red of very low luminosity. The color of a chestnut is yellower.
  • n. In dyeing, a coal-tar coloring matter obtained by purifying the resinous matters formed in the manufacture of magenta.
  • n. In pyrotechnics, a small cubical box of pasteboard filled with gunpowder and wrapped round with two or three layers of strong twine, used to imitate the report of a cannon.
  • n. One of a class of negroes, originally fugitive slaves, living in the wilder parts of Jamaica and Dutch Guiana.
  • n. One who is left on a desolate island as a punishment.
  • n.
  • Same as feral, 2.
  • To put ashore and leave on a desolate island by way of punishment, as was done by the bucaneers, etc.
  • In the southern United States, to camp out after the manner of the West Indian maroons; make a pleasure-excursion of some duration, with provision for living in camp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who is stranded (as on an island)
  • v. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
  • adj. of dark brownish to purplish red
  • n. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
  • n. an exploding firework used as a warning signal
  • v. leave stranded on a desert island without resources
  • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Verb Form
    marooned    marooning    maroons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    marron   
    Form
    marooned    marooning    marooner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    woolen    beige    mauve    quilted    Burgundy    sleeveless    plaid    khaki    dark-blue    tattered