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Maroon   /mərˈun/   Listen
adjective
Maroon  adj.  Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.


noun
Maroon  n.  (Written also marroon)  In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.


Maroon  n.  
1.
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
2.
An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.


Marron  n.  
1.
A large chestnut. (Obs.)
2.
A chestnut color; maroon.
3.
(Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, used to make a noise like a cannon. (Written also maroon)


verb
Maroon  v. t.  (past & past part. marooned; pres. part. marooning)  To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. (Southern U. S.)





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"Maroon" Quotes from Famous Books



... lovely time, don't you know," drawled William Philander. "While Stanley posted some letters and addressed some picture postals I did up the shops. And what do you think? I found a beautiful new maroon necktie, and it was only a dollar—same kind they would charge one seventy-five for in the big cities. And I saw a new style of collar, and some patent-leather pumps that have bows with loose ...
— The Rover Boys at College • Edward Stratemeyer
... Flag: maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency
... gripped him. The surgeon winced with the pain of his grasp. "I can't," gasped the maroon, between paroxysms. "I've been living in hell. A black, shaking, shivering hell, for God knows how long.... What do you know? Have you ever been buried alive?" And again the agony ...
— The Mystery • Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
... the nut in a bunch. This is the nut. The shells when opened are as attractive as anything I know of. This is a very thick walled variety. We have much thinner walled forms that have come from Hawaii where it is now being grown. The dark part is a maroon brown and the lighter part is a brilliant creamy yellow. Altogether it is an extremely attractive nut, an excellent eating nut and has very good food qualities. We have had them analyzed, and all ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting - Washington, D. C. October 7 AND 8, 1920 • Various
... that the door opened again, and there did enter a stripling, clad all in dark maroon velvet, wrapped also about with a long cloak, and having a velvet bonnet pulled down over his brows i' th' manner o' Lord Denbeigh's. One could see naught o' his visage for the shadow from his head-gear. The revelers scarce noted his entrance, being ...
— A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales • Amelie Rives


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