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Definitions: Maroon |
MaroonAdjective1. Dark brownish to purplish red. Noun1. An exploding firework used as a warning signal. Verb1. Leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon. 2. Isolate without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "maroon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Literature | Maroon A runaway slave sent to the Calabouco, or place where such slaves were punished, as the Maroons of Brazil. Those of Jamaica are the offspring of runaways from the old Jamaica plantations or from Cuba, to whom, in 1738, the British Government granted a tract of land, on which they built two towns. The word is from the verb "maroon," to set a person on an inhospitable shore and leave him there (a practice common with pirates and buccaneers). The word is a corruption of Cimarron, a word applied by Spaniards to anything unruly, whether man or beast. (See Scott: Pirate, xxii.) Maroon (To). To set a man on a desert island and abandon him there. This marooning was often practised by pirates and buccaneers. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Slaves began running away into the jungle as soon as Slavery was introduced to the Americas. Indigenious tribes provided a new home and community to those separated from their own tribes in Africa. Maroons are an example of successful resistance to slavery.
A name for a Maroon village is a palenque. The palenqueros developed a Creole language mixing Spanish and their African languages. Other Maroon Creole languages were Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Maroon."
Synonyms: MaroonSynonyms: brownish-red (adj), strand (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: marooning (public administration, geography). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Avoidance | Shirker; Verb: truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon. |
Relinquishment | Verb: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf; (disuse); set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round. |
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Crosswords: Maroon |
| English words defined with "maroon": Amphicarpa bracteata, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Arisarum vulgare ♦ beetleweed, bonavist ♦ checkered daffodil, cold's foot, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium parviflorum ♦ Dolichos lablab ♦ Egyptian bean ♦ friar's-cowl, Fritillaria meleagris ♦ galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, guinea-hen flower ♦ hog peanut, hyacinth bean ♦ Indian bean ♦ Lablab purpureus, leper lily ♦ Marone, Maroon lake, Marooning, Marron, Marroon ♦ snake's head fritillary ♦ wandflower, wild peanut ♦ yellow lady's slipper, yellow lady-slipper. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "maroon": College Colours. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "maroon": Marron. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Maroon" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (elegy, maroon). |
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Screenplays | If you refuse to grow up and scam your insurance company, you'll have to work this out with maroon Golf. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I've got a Dental Association tie in my car - if he has no rooted objection to maroon. (A Bit of a Do; writing credit: David Nobbs) I like the maroon, has more dignity. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The brush with the maroon velvet back was for Michael Davitt and the brush with the green velvet back was for Parnell. |
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Economic History | Qatar | Flag: Maroon with white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side. (references) |
Latvia | Latvia's flag consists of two horizontal, maroon bands of equal width, divided by a white stripe one-half the width. (references) | |
Suriname | Another pressure for change had erupted in July 1986, when a Bush Negro (aka Maroon) insurgency, led by former soldier Ronnie Brunswijk, began attacking economic targets in the country's interior. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Suriname | Maroon and Amerindian groups continue to cooperate with each other in order to exercise their rights more effectively. (references) |
Suriname | The leaders want the Government to honor provisions of the peace accords that establish economic zones around both Maroon and Indigenous communities. (references) | |
Suriname | During the year, villagers from the Maroon village of Kayapaati filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights stating that lumber operations were threatening their culture and way of life. (references) | |
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| "Maroon" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.37% of the time. "Maroon" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.37% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.63% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 114 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "maroon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Maroon | Last name | 400 | 21,408 |
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Expression using "maroon": Maroon lake. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "maroon": maroon-bordered, maroon-coloured, maroon-edged, maroon-leather, maroon-silk. | |
Ending with "maroon": brown-maroon. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
5 maroon | 1,604 | 5 maroon mp3 | 7 |
5 lyrics maroon | 359 | 5 adam levine maroon | 6 |
maroon bell | 132 | 5 lyrics maroon song | 6 |
maroon | 97 | maroon town | 6 |
five maroon | 75 | 5 love maroon this | 6 |
5 breathe harder lyrics maroon | 53 | 5 breath harder maroon | 6 |
5 maroon tab | 38 | 5 band maroon | 5 |
maroon clown fish | 25 | converse maroon | 5 |
5 breathe harder maroon | 23 | bell camping maroon | 5 |
5 maroon picture | 22 | 5 breath by harder lyrics maroon | 5 |
color maroon | 15 | maroon clown | 5 |
5 guitar maroon tab | 14 | 5 buddy icon maroon | 5 |
5 breath harder lyrics maroon | 13 | 6 maroon | 5 |
maroon bell colorado | 13 | maroon 5 song about jane | 4 |
five lyrics maroon | 13 | maroon belly conure | 4 |
maroon bellied conure | 12 | 5 maroon photo | 4 |
5 love lyrics maroon this | 11 | maroon creek club | 4 |
5 loved lyrics maroon she will | 8 | 5 loved maroon she will | 4 |
5 maroon pic | 7 | 5 maroon tablature | 4 |
5 breathe by harder lyrics maroon | 7 | belle maroon | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "maroon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njeri i braktisur (cast off), ngjyrë gështenjë (auburn, chestnut, liver-colored, liver-coloured, marron), i braktisur në ishull të shkretë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كستنائي (bay), كستناء (chestnut), لون الأحمر داكن. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сигнална ракета (flare, marker, very light), човек изоставен на пуст остров, кестеняв цвят, кестеняв (auburn, chestnut, nut-brown), избягал роб негър. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 褐紫红色. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vysadit na neobydleném ostrovì, hnìdoèervená barva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | marron (bush negro), bosneger (bush negro), boslandcreool (bush negro). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marron, pétard, fusée de détresse, bordeaux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kastanienbraun (auburn, bay, chestnut, chestnut brown, chestnut tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καστανόχρωμοσ, μαρόν, εγκαταλείπω (abandon, abdicate, abnegate, desert, drop out, forsake, give up, jettison, quit, relinquish, renounce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעזוב באי שומם, חום ערמו י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gesztenyebarna (auburn), táborozás (bivouac, camping, encampment), petárda (cartridge, cracker, petard, squib), elhagyott partra kitett ember. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | marrone rossastro, marrone (Brown), petardo (cracker, firecracker, petard, squib), abbandonare in luogo deserto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 海老茶 (reddish-brown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | えびちゃ (reddish-brown). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | treigeil (abandon, betray, defect, departure, desert, deviation, evacuate, evacuation, fall away, forsake; repudiation, jilt, lay aside, rat on, repudiate, strand, throw over), maroon (elegy), faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leave, leaving, outgoing, quit, quitting, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aroonmay marmota (Alpine marmot, European hake, hake, true marmot), vaguear (hock, knock around, knock at the door, lounge suit, Maunder, meander, moon, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, stray, trail, vagabondize, wander), vadiar (dilly dally, drone, fiddle, laziness, loaf, Mike, roam, wander), foquete, cor castanho-avermelhada, castanho-avermelhado (auburn, rufous, russet). (various references) maro (brown), petardã (fire cracker, petard, squib), pãrãsi pe o insulã, lãsa pe o insulã, izola (cut off, divide, enisle, insulate, isolate, seal, seclude, segregate, sequester), culoare castanie, castaniu (auburn, chestnut, Hazel, nut-brown), artificii. (various references) темно-бордового цвета, каштановый (auburn, chestnut), марон, бурак (beetroot). (various references) marunu. (various references) odseći od kopna, odbegli rob crnac, lunjati (loiter, mooch), kestenjast (auburn, chestnut), kesten (chestnut). (various references) marrón carmesí, petardo (banger, cracker, firecracker, fireworks, joint, mooter, petard, splint, stick, thunderflash), granate (garnet), corinto (purplish), aislar (cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, separate, sequester, shut off), abandonar en un sitio desolado. (various references) rödbrun (auburn, bay, foxy, gingery, redbrown, red-brown, russet, Sorrel). (various references) maron (chestnut), vişne çürüğü rengi, patlayıcı fişek, kestane rengi (chestnut), dünya ile ilişkisini kesmek, ıssız adada bırakmak (cast away). (various references) темно-бордовий, тинятися (dangle, expatiate, fool about, gad, go about, hack around, knock about, knock around, muck about, putter, roam, scamp, sling about, slouch about, slouch along, slouch around, traipse, wait about, wait around), марон, покинути (give up, quit). (various references) m u nâu sẫm (bistre, puce, seal brown), m u hạt dẻ pháo cối, m u hạt dẻ, người bị bỏ lại trên đảo hoang, nâu sẫm (bistre, nut-brown, puce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | maraon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cyma. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | cimmaron. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | marron. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maroon": marooned, marooning, maroons. (additional references) | |
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"Maroon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amaroo, Ambron, Amron, aroon, Mabon, Mabrouk, macrodon, Macroom, Madood, Madron, madrone, mahoun, Mahroof, majon, Mamouna, mapron, marcon, Marcoux, Mardood, Marjon, Markovn, maro, Maron, Marong, Maroni, maronii, marooni, marooon, Maroua, Marrano, marrom, Marrou, marton, Maruan, marum, Masroor, maton, Matrouh, mauon, mauron, Maurwood, mavron, Maxon, mercon, meron, Meroni, Merron, meuron, Miranov, miron, miroton, moreon, morion, Moronov, moroon, Muhoho, muron, Muroroa, murrion, narodni, narodo, Narudon, Navroop, paroon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: romano. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: manor, moron, roman. | |
-2 letters: mano, moan, mono, moon, moor, mora, morn, noma, norm, roam, roan, room. | |
-3 letters: arm, man, mar, moa, mon, moo, mor, nam, nom, noo, nor, oar, ora, ram, ran, rom. | |
-4 letters: am, an, ar, ma, mo, na, no, om, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: amorino, doorman, madrono, maroons, romanos. | |
+2 letters: acromion, aeronomy, agronomy, anteroom, coenamor, colorman, crampoon, hormonal, macaroon, madronos, marooned, monocarp, monocrat, monogram, monorail, moonward, moorland, motorman, nomogram, nonmajor, nonmoral, omnivora, ondogram, sonogram. | |
+3 letters: acromions, aeronomer, aeronomic, agronomic, anterooms, astronomy, bombardon, boogerman, boomerang, coenamors, conformal, cormorant, crampoons, dominator, dynamotor, forewoman, formation, groomsman, lampooner, lognormal, macaroons, marooning, monocarps, monocracy, monocrats, monocular, monodrama, monograms, monograph, monolayer, monorails, monovular, moorlands, nominator, nomograms, nomograph, nonformal, nonmajors, nonrandom, oarswoman, oarswomen, ondograms, phonogram, protonema, sonograms, varooming, workwoman. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 6F 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. --- --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01101111 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r o o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 006F 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476784818180 |
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