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Webster 1913 Edition

Maroon

Ma-roon′

,
Noun.
[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.

Ma-roon′

,
Verb.
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.

Ma-roon′

(mȧ-roōn′)
,
Adj.
[F.
marron
chestnut-colored, fr.
marron
a large French chestnut, It.
marrone
; cf. LGr.
μάραον
. 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.

Ma-roon′

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maroon

MAROON'

,
Noun.
A name given to free blacks living on the mountains in the West India isles.

MAROON'

,
Verb.
T.
To put a sailor a shore on a desolate isle, under pretense of his having committed some great crime.

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