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ALL meanings of maroon

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  • adjective maroon dark brownish-red. 1
  • adjective maroon Chiefly British. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder. a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen. 1
  • verb with object maroon to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. 1
  • verb with object maroon to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house. 1
  • verb with object maroon to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city. 1
  • noun maroon (often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas. 1
  • noun maroon a person who is marooned: Robinson Crusoe lived for years as a maroon. 1
  • noun maroon Leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, esp. an island. 1
  • noun maroon burgundy colour 1
  • adjective maroon colour 1
  • transitive verb maroon on island 1
  • noun maroon fugitive slave 1
  • noun maroon abandoned person 1
  • transitive verb maroon leave isolated 1
  • noun maroon An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. 0
  • noun maroon A castaway; a person who has been marooned. 0
  • noun maroon A dark red, somewhat brownish, color. 0
  • noun maroon (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat. 0
  • noun maroon (Slang) (derogatory) An idiot; a fool. 0
  • verb maroon To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island. 0
  • adjective maroon Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. 0
  • adjective maroon Of a maroon color. 0
  • colour maroon Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour. 0
  • verb maroon If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from. 0
  • verb maroon to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island 0
  • verb maroon to isolate without resources 0
  • noun maroon a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana 0
  • noun maroon a person who has been marooned, esp on an island 0
  • noun maroon a dark red to purplish-red colour 0
  • noun maroon (as adjective) 0
  • noun maroon an exploding firework, esp one used as a warning signal 0
  • noun maroon in the West Indies and Suriname, 0
  • noun maroon a fugitive black slave 0
  • noun maroon a descendant of such slaves 0
  • noun maroon a marooned person 0
  • verb transitive maroon to put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did 0
  • verb transitive maroon to leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless 0
  • intransitive verb maroon in the South, to camp out or picnic for several days 0
  • noun maroon dark brownish red 0
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