About The Word Maroon

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Maroon

Maroon Meaning & Definition
Maroon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maroon?

[n] an exploding firework used as a warning signal
[adj] dark brownish to purplish red
[v] isolate without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
[v] leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maroon: brownish-red | chromatic | strand

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maroon: 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 | reddened | reddish | reddish-amber | reddish-brown | red-dyed | red-looking | 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 | Titian | Titian-red | vacate | vermilion | vinaceous | warm | wine | wine-colored | wine-red | withdraw

See Also | abandon | desert | desolate | firework | forsake | insulate | isolate | pyrotechnics

Maroon In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also {marroon}.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.] In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
\Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.] To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. {Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
\Ma*roon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ?. Cf. {Marron}.] Having the color called maroon. See 4th {Maroon}. {Maroon lake}, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.
\Ma*roon"\, n. 1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple. 2. An explosive shell. See {Marron}, 3.

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