maroon
adjective
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of dark brownish to purplish redbrownish-red
noun
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an exploding firework used as a warning signal
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a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
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a person who is stranded (as on an island)“when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”
verb
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leave stranded on a desert island without resources“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”
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leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue“the travellers were marooned”strand