Found 2 items, similar to Maroon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: maroon maroon adj : dark brownish to purplish red [syn: brownish-red] maroon n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); “when the tide came in I was a maroon out there” 2: a dark purplish red to dark brownish red 3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal v 1: leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; “the travellers were marooned” [syn: strand] 2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; “The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Maroon Maroon \Ma*roon"\ (m[.a]*r[=oo]n"), a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ma`raon. Cf. Marron.] Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon. [1913 Webster] Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color. [1913 Webster] Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. 1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple. [1913 Webster] 2. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3. [1913 Webster] Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also marroon.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.] In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains. [1913 Webster] Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.] To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. [1913 Webster] Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]