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