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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 shrub of the genus Rosa , with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
A flower of the rose plant.
A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
Something resembling a rose flower.
(heraldiccharge) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
The base of a light socket.
(mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
(mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
(poetic) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
* Shakespeare
(poetic) To perfume, as with roses.
Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.
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As a noun maroon
is an escaped negro slave of the caribbean and the americas or a descendant of escaped slaves or maroon can be a dark red, somewhat brownish, color or maroon can be (nautical) a rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat or maroon can be (slang|derogatory) an idiot; a fool.As an adjective maroon
is associated with maroon culture, communities or peoples or maroon can be of a maroon color.As a verb maroon
is to abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.As a proper noun rose is
rhone.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 !
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* English terms with multiple etymologiesrose
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ). Possibly ultimately a derivation from a verb for "to grow" only attested in Indo-Iranian (*Hwardh-'', compare Sanskrit ''vardh- , with relatives in Avestan).Noun
(s)Verb
(ros)- A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
- (Tennyson)