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A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat
A dark red, somewhat brownish, color

maroon colour:.

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
Of a maroon color
An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves
to put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island
{n} a free black living on the hills in the W. Indies
{v} to live on a desolate island
An exploding device that produces a loud bang Aerial maroons are the most common, the composition being wither blackpowder or flashpowder From French - marron - chestnut (from the noise they make in a fire)
an exploding firework used as a warning signal a dark purplish red to dark brownish red a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
- British term for a salute
Descendants of African slaves who fought for, and won, their freedom from the Dutch colonial administration and established autonomous republics in the interior of Suriname apparently since the middle of the 18th century They make up 10-15% of the Surinamese population and are the majority population in the interior
A dark red, somewhat brownish, colour
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
See 4th Maroon
a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp
{f} abandon in a desolate place (especially an island)
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains
Having the color called maroon
A castaway; a person who has been marooned
leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
dark brownish to purplish red
Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour. maroon velvet curtains
An explosive shell
a variable color averaging a dark red
A runaway slave sent to the Calabouco, or place where such slaves were punished, as the Maroons of Brazil Those of Jamaica are the offspring of runaways from the old Jamaica plantations or from Cuba, to whom, in 1738, the British Government granted a tract of land, on which they built two towns The word is from the verb “maroon,” to set a person on an inhospitable shore and leave him there (a practice common with pirates and buccaneers) The word is a corruption of Cimarron, a word applied by Spaniards to anything unruly, whether man or beast (See Scott: Pirate, xxii )
If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from. Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. a dark brownish red colour (marron ). to be left in a place where there are no other people and where you cannot escape
{s} brownish-red
{i} brownish-red color; explosive device making a loud noise (British); act of abandoning someone in a deserted place (especially an island)
a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
See Marron, 3
of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple
To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate
to maroon

    Silbentrennung

    to ma·roon

    Türkische aussprache

    tı mırun

    Aussprache

    /tə mərˈo͞on/ /tə mɜrˈuːn/
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