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marooned | castaway |

As a verb marooned

is (maroon).

As an adjective castaway is

cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

As a noun castaway is

(nautical) a shipwrecked sailor.

marooned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (maroon)

    • maroon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Derived from the American-Spanish , meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escaped slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  • A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

    • Derived terms

    * marooner

    External links

    * A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a maroon color

    • See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

    • Etymology 4

    From an intentional mispronunciation of the word (moron) used by the cartoon character .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
  • * 2011 , S. Watts Taylor, Tarnish , iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781462002023, page 21:
    • At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon !
    Synonyms
    * See also . * See also .

    Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies

    castaway

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
    • After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
  • Shipwrecked.
    • The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
    • Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway .
  • A discarded person or thing.
    • This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
  • An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
    • These homeless people are society's castaways .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * cast away