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English to English adjective
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Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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of dark brownish to purplish red | | source: wordnet30 noun
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a person who is stranded (as on an island) | | Example: when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
source: wordnet30
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a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color | | source: wordnet30
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an exploding firework used as a warning signal | | source: wordnet30
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In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains. | | source: webster1913
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A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple. | | source: webster1913 verb
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leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | | Example: the travellers were marooned
source: wordnet30
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leave stranded on a desert island without resources | | Example: The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
source: wordnet30
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To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. | | source: webster1913
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