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| ma·roon [ mə rn ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle ma·rooned, present participle ma·roon·ing, 3rd person present singular ma·roons) |
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1. leave somebody isolated: to leave somebody or something somewhere with no means of getting away
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2. abandon somebody on island: to put somebody ashore on a lonely island or coast and leave him or her there with no means of escape
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noun (plural ma·roons) |
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1. descendant of escaped slaves: a descendant of people escaped from slavery in Guyana and the remoter parts of the Caribbean
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2. marooned person: somebody who has been marooned, especially on a desert island
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| [Mid-17th century < French marron "fugitive from slavery," shortening of American Spanish cimarrón "wild, untamed," probably < cima "peak"] |
