MAROON
\məɹˈuːn], \məɹˈuːn], \m_ə_ɹ_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of MAROON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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dark brownish to purplish red
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a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
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a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
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leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
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leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
By Princeton University
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dark brownish to purplish red
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isolate without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
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Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
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A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
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An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
By Oddity Software
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To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
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Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
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A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
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An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
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In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
By Noah Webster.
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A dark brown color with a deep reddish tinge; one who is abandoned on an island or lonely coast.
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To place and leave alone on a desert island.
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Of a brownish-crimson color.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Brownish crimson.
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A fugitive slave living on the mountains, in the W. Indies.
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To put on shore on a desolate island.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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