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- DictionaryMa·roon/məˈro͞on/
adjective
- 1. of a brownish-crimson color: "ornate maroon and gold wallpaper"
noun
- 1. a brownish-crimson color: "the hat is available in either white or maroon"
- 2. a firework that makes a loud bang, used mainly as a signal or warning. British
maroon or Maroon : a Black person of the Americas who escaped slavery and formed or joined a free and often secluded settlement or a descendant of such a person. Wherever Africans were enslaved in the world, there were runaways who escaped permanently and lived in free independent settlements.
MAROON definition: 1. a dark reddish-purple colour 2. having a dark reddish-purple colour: 3. to leave someone in a…. Learn more.
noun. a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana. informal. a person who has been marooned, esp on an island.
maroon. adjective. us / məˈruːn / uk / məˈruːn /. having a dark reddish-purple color: He prefers to be seen in uniform, proudly sporting the maroon beret of his old regiment. The flowers are deep maroon. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Less common colors.
Maroon (US/UK / m ə ˈ r uː n / mə-ROON, Australia / m ə ˈ r oʊ n / mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". Different dictionaries define maroon differently.
to put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did. 4. to leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless. verb intransitive. 5. US, Obsolete. in the South, to camp out or picnic for several days.
1. to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island. 2. to isolate without resources. n. 3. (Peoples) a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana. 4. informal US and Canadian a person who has been marooned, esp on an island.
To maroon is to strand someone in an isolated place, often a deserted island. Think of "Gilligan's Island," "Survivor," or "Lost" — TV shows that feature folks marooned on islands — and you've got the idea.
Maroon Definition. In the South, to camp out or picnic for several days. To put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did. To leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless.
[countable] a large firework that shoots into the air and makes a loud noise, used to attract attention, especially at sea. Word Origin. See maroon in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: maroon. Definition of maroon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
