maroon
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noun \mə-ˈrün\Definition of MAROON
1
capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave
2
: a person who is marooned
Origin of MAROON
probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage
First Known Use: 1666
Rhymes with MAROON
aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, monsoon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon
2maroon
transitive verbDefinition of MAROON
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
Examples of MAROON
- <pets that had been cruelly marooned by their owners at the end of the summer>
First Known Use of MAROON
circa 1709
3maroon
nounDefinition of MAROON
: a dark red
Origin of MAROON
French marron Spanish chestnut
First Known Use: 1779
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