maroon

About 0.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A castaway; a person who has been marooned (abandoned).
3. adjective Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
4. verb To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
5. noun A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

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6. adjective Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.
7. noun 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).
8. noun An idiot; a fool.

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Word family

Maroon Maroons marooned marooning maroons