Maroon vs Marron - What's the difference?
maroon | marron |
An escaped slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
(slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
* 2011 , S. Watts Taylor, Tarnish , iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781462002023,
A sweet chestnut.
*2007 , (Craig Silvey), Jasper Jones , Allen & Unwin 2007, p. 137:
*:‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron , I would have killed the pig up there.’
As nouns the difference between maroon and marron
is that maroon is an escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves while marron is a sweet chestnut.As an adjective maroon
is associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.As a verb maroon
is to abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.maroon
English
Etymology 1
Derived from the American-Spanish , meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* maroonerExternal links
*A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname
Etymology 2
(etyl) .See also
*Etymology 3
Etymology 4
From an intentional mispronunciation of the word (moron) used by the cartoon character .Noun
(en noun)page 21:
- At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon !