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 Definitions of maroon  [əˈrun]  

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Definition of 'maroon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) maroon
a dark brownish red color.

2. (adj.) maroon
of the color maroon.

3. (v.t.) maroon
to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast .

4.  maroon
to isolate without aid or resources.

5. (n.) maroon
(often cap.) a member of any of a number of black communities in the West Indies and Guiana formed by fugitive slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries.

6.  maroon
a person who is marooned.

Etymology:  (1660–70; < F mar(r)on, appar. < AmerSp cimarrón wild; first referred to escaped animals, later to fugitive slaves)

Definition of 'maroon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) maroon
a person who is stranded (as on an island)
"when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"

2. (noun) maroon
a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

3. (adj) maroon
an exploding firework used as a warning signal

4. (verb) maroon, brownish-red
of dark brownish to purplish red

5. (verb) maroon, strand
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"the travellers were marooned"

6. (verb) maroon
leave stranded on a desert island without resources
"The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"


Definition of 'maroon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) maroon
having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon

2. (noun) maroon
in the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains

3. (noun) maroon
a brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple

4. (noun) maroon
an explosive shell. See Marron, 3

5. (verb) maroon
to put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate


Translation of 'maroon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a dark brownish-red colour
a deep shade of maroon; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: maroen Arabic flag Arabic: لون كَسْتَنائي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: червенокафяв
Brazilian flag Brazilian: marrom Czech flag Czech: kaštanová hněď; kaštanově German flag German: das Kastanienbraun; kasta
Danish flag Danish: rødbrun Greek flag Greek: μπορντό Spanish flag Spanish: granate
Estonian flag Estonian: kastanpruun Farsi flag Farsi: خرمایی Finnish flag Finnish: viininpunainen
French flag French: bordeaux Hebrew flag Hebrew: צֶבַע חוּם עַרמוֹנִי Hindi flag Hindi: गाढा़ भूरा रंग
Croatian flag Croatian: kestenjast Hungarian flag Hungarian: gesztenyebarna Indonesian flag Indonesian: coklat tua kemerahan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dumbrauður, brúnrauður Italian flag Italian: (color rosso cupo) Japanese flag Japanese: くり色 (の)
Korean flag Korean: 밤색 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaštoninė spalva Latvian flag Latvian: sarkanbrūna krāsa
Malay flag Malay: warna merah manggis Dutch flag Dutch: kastanjebruin Norwegian flag Norwegian: rødbrun
Polish flag Polish: kasztanowaty Persian flag Persian: خرمایی Pashto flag Pashto: خرمايى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cor de vinho Romanian flag Romanian: castaniu Russian flag Russian: тёмно-бордовый (цвет)
Slovak flag Slovak: gaštanovohnedá farba; gaš Slovenian flag Slovenian: kostanjeva barva Serbian flag Serbian: kestenjast
Swedish flag Swedish: rödbrun färg Thai flag Thai: สีแดงม่วงเข้มอมน้ำตาล Turkish flag Turkish: vişne çürüğü renk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 栗色 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: каштановий колір Urdu flag Urdu: گہرے قرمزی کشمشی رنگ کا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: màu nâu sẫm Chinese flag Chinese: 栗色

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