Maroon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An explosive shell. ·see Marron, 3.

II. Maroon ·adj Having the color called maroon. ·see 4th Maroon.

III. Maroon ·vt To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

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

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

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