To put ashore and leave on a desolate island by way of punishment, as was done by the bucaneers, etc.

In the southern United States, to camp out after the manner of the West Indian maroons; make a pleasure-excursion of some duration, with provision for living in camp.

noun. One of a class of negroes, originally fugitive slaves, living in the wilder parts of Jamaica and Dutch Guiana.

noun. One who is left on a desolate island as a punishment.

noun. undefined

Same as feral, 2.

Very dark crimson or red. See II., 2.

noun. A kind of sweet chestnut produced in southern Europe, and known elsewhere as the French or Italian chestnut, having a single kernel and attaining a large size from the fact that the other two seeds of the involucre or bur are abortive. It is largely used for food by the poor in the countries where it is produced.

noun. A generic name for any pure or crimson red of very low luminosity. The color of a chestnut is yellower.

noun. In dyeing, a coal-tar coloring matter obtained by purifying the resinous matters formed in the manufacture of magenta.

noun. In pyrotechnics, a small cubical box of pasteboard filled with gunpowder and wrapped round with two or three layers of strong twine, used to imitate the report of a cannon.

noun. In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

adjective. Having the color called maroon. See 4th maroon.

adjective. lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.

noun. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

noun. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

transitive verb. To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

transitive verb. a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.

noun. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.

noun. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

adjective. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

verb. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

noun. A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

noun. An idiot; a fool.

noun. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

adjective. Of a maroon color

noun. a person who is stranded (as on an island)

verb. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

adjective. of dark brownish to purplish red

noun. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

noun. an exploding firework used as a warning signal

verb. leave stranded on a desert island without resources

"It's like saying "Compared to black, a very dark maroon is a light colour"."

acid maroon  alizarin maroon  maroon formation  maroon oxid  maroon s  

chromatic  

marooned  marooner  marooning  

abandon  desert  desolate  firework  forsake  

Bethune  Boone  Calhoun  June  Karun  

Burgundy  beige  close-fitting  dark-blue  drab  

Titian  Titian-red  abandon  abandon  back out  

marron  

marooned  marooning  maroons