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maroon(2)(dictionary)
maroon(dictionary)
maroon 1, noun(dictionary)
maroon 2, verb(dictionary)

maroon(1) (iou)



maroon noun1. M17.
[French marron, maron from Spanish cimarron: see CIMARRON, -OON.]
(Also Maroon.) Any of the black people in the mountains and forests of Suriname and the W. Indies who are descended from runaway slaves. M17.
In full maroon party, maroon frolic. A pleasure party, esp. a hunting or fishing trip of the nature of a picnic but of longer duration. Southern US. L18.
A person who is marooned. L19.