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BNC: 19889 COCA: 14650

maroon

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noun (1)

ma·​roon mə-ˈrün How to pronounce maroon (audio)
: a dark red

maroon

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verb

marooned; marooning; maroons

transitive verb

1
: to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate
2
: to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape

maroon

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noun (2)

plural maroons
1
: a person who is marooned
2
capitalized : a Black person of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries who escaped slavery
also : a descendant of such a person

Example Sentences

Verb sailors marooned on a desert island

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

French marron Spanish chestnut

Noun (2)

probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1779, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1666, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of maroon was in 1666

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