Main Entry: ¹ma·roon

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈrün\

Function: noun

Etymology: probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage

Date: 1666

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