Maroon

Definitions

1. An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
2. A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
   countable, uncountable
3. A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
4. An idiot; a fool.
   derogatory, slang
5. A surname.
6. A member of the Queensland State of Origin rugby league team, who wear maroon-coloured jerseys.
   Australia
7. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةالمفرقعاتكَسْتَنَائِيّ

Bosanskigranata

Ελληνικάκαστανέρυθροκαστανέρυθρος

Suomihylätäpunaruskea

Galegobrunburelfouveiroloureiroruzo+ 2 more

Hrvatskigranata

Magyargesztenyebarna

Bahasa Indonesiamarunmerah manggismerah marun

Italianoabbandonarebordeauxfulvogranatagranatemollarenaufraganaufragopiantarerossastro+ 7 more

日本語栗色栗色の

ქართულიწაბლისფერი

한국어밤색

МакедонскиБордо

Maltimarun

Nederlandsachterlatenbordeauxroodboslandcreoolboslandcreoolsboslandcreoolsebosnegerbosnegerinmarronmarron-uitgestoteneverlatenverstotene+ 9 more

Portuguêsbordocastanhacastanhoquilombola+ 1 more

Românămaronaufragiat

Русскийбордовыйбросатьизгоймаро́нтёмно-бордо́вый+ 2 more

Српскиgranata

Svenskaövergestrandsättavinröd

ไทยเลือดนกเลือดหมู

Türkçebordo

Examples

“Further north a Maroon community in the Bahoruco Mountains thrived for eighty-five years, until the French proposed a truce under the terms of which the Maroons would be permitted to form⟳ an independent clan.”

“Joining others who had escaped before them, they formed communities of Maroons in which many traditional African customs and social mores were preserved.”

“Is it a really dark maroon or a lighter maroon or a maroon that leans toward the red side? Or the magenta side? To address this issue⟳, scientists use⟳ something called a color space.”

“On Sunday afternoon a serious firework explosion occurred in Lambeth, whereby three persons were seriously injured. Two lads […] purchased a firework called a “maroon”, which is a bomb consisting of a small ball of string covered with a red composition. It is loaded with gunpowder, and there is also a fuse attached.”

“As the evening falls, colored lamps and Chinese lanterns are lighted around the venerable oak which stands in the middle of the fairground and boys climb⟳ about among its topmost branches with maroons and Bengal lights.”

“Many a seaman’s life may have⟳ depended on equine speed⟳ and strength. Some of these ‘Lifeboat Horses’ used to recognise⟳ the maroon which was fired to summon the Lifeboat crew. Long after its retirement one of the horses which regularly helped to haul the Hoylake Lifeboat heard a maroon fired one day when it was working in the neighbouring fields. It immediately became very excited and made for the boathouse.”

“tallboys […] And now I am off to inspect⟳ stores. There is a shortage of maroons that I don't understand⟳. / the countess. What a pity! I love⟳ maroons. They have⟳ such nice ones at that confectioner's near the Place⟳ Vendôme. / tallboys. Oh, youre thinking of marrons glacés. No: maroons are fireworks: things that go off with a bang. For signalling.”

“The big air raids […] were much more dreadful than the air raids of the World War. They began with a nightmare of warning maroons, sirens, hooters and the shrill whistles of cyclist scouts, then swarms of frantic people running to and fro, […]”

“At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have⟳ that espresso? What a maroon!”

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