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Definitions for Maroon

[1] dark brownish-red.
[2] 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.
[3] to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
[4] to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house.
[5] to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city.
[6] (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.
[7] a person who is marooned: Robinson Crusoe lived for years as a maroon.
[8] to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island
[9] to isolate without resources
[10] a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana
[11] US and Canadian informal a person who has been marooned, esp on an island
[12] a dark red to purplish-red colour (as adjective ) a maroon carpet
[13] an exploding firework, esp one used as a warning signal

Words related to Maroon

isolate, strand, leave, beach, desert, forsake

Words nearby Maroon

marne, maroc, marocain, maroni, maronite, maroon, maroon peak, maroquin, maror, maros, maroteaux-lamy syndrome

Origin of Maroon

21660–70; < French mar(r)on, apparently < American Spanish cimarrón wild (see cimarron); first used in reference to domestic animals that escaped into the woods, later to fugitive slaves

Word origin for Maroon

C18: from French, literally: chestnut, marron 1

Synonyms for Maroon

isolate, strand, beach, desert, forsake, leave, cast ashore, cast away, leave high and dry