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maroon

ma·roon

UK/məˈɹuːn/ US/məˈɹəʉn/ uncommon slang
adjective (1) verb (2) noun (3)

adjective

1.

verb

1.

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue

  • “the travellers were marooned”
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2.

leave stranded on a desert island without resources

  • “The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”

noun

1.

a person who is stranded (as on an island)

  • “when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”
2.

a dark purplish red to dark brownish red

3.

Origin

From earlier marone, marron, borrowed from French marron (“chestnut; brown”).

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