maroon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maroon	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for maroon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maroon adj of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: maroon, brownish-red] n a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color an exploding firework used as a warning signal v leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" Synonym(s): maroon, strand leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maroon \Maroon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. [?]. Cf. {Marron}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maroon \Ma*roon"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also {marroon}.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.] In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.] 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.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marron \Mar*ron"\, n. [See {Maroon}, a.] 1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] --Holland. 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}.]