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maroon

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ma·roon 1  (m-rn)
tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons
1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.
2. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.
n.
1. often Maroon
a. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
b. A descendant of such a slave.
2. A person who is marooned, as on an island.

[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cma, sprout; see cyma.]

maroon 1
Verb
1. to abandon someone in a deserted area, esp. on an island
2. to isolate in a helpless situation: we're marooned here until the snow stops [American Spanish cimarrón wild]
marooned adj

maroon 2
Adjective
dark purplish-red
Noun
an exploding firework or flare used as a warning signal [French: chestnut]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.maroon - a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
2.maroon - a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
purplish red, purplish-red - a red with a tinge of purple
3.maroon - an exploding firework used as a warning signal
firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
Verb1.maroon - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
desert, desolate, forsake, abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
2.maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
Adj.1.maroon - of dark brownish to purplish red
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

maroon
verb abandon, leave, desert, strand, leave high and dry (informal) cast away, cast ashore
Translations
Spanish maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned (= shipwrecked) → naufragar;
(fig) → quedar abandonado adjgranate inv

French maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → être abandonné(e) (fig); être bloqué(e) adj (= colour) → bordeaux inv
German maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → festsitzen adjkastanienbraun
Italian maroon [məˈruːn] vt (fig): to be marooned (in or at) → essere abbandonato/a (in)
adjbordeaux inv

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Plornish, going up this yard alone and leaving his Principal outside, found a gentleman with tight drab legs, a rather old hat, a little hooked stick, and a blue neckerchief (Captain Maroon of Gloucestershire, a private friend of Captain Barbary); who happened to be there, in a friendly way, to mention these little circumstances concerning the remarkably fine grey gelding to any real judge of a horse and quick snapper-up of a good thing, who might look in at that address as per advertisement.
She had removed the handkerchief, and had put on a little cap with pink ribbons, and a maroon dressing-jacket, daintily fulled at the neck and sleeves.
Opening from the chamber was a fine bathroom having a marble tub with perfumed water; so the boy, still dazed by the novelty of his surroundings, indulged in a good bath and then selected a maroon velvet costume with silver buttons to replace his own soiled and much worn clothing.
 
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