maroon
/məˈɹəʉn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
verb
To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
adj
Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In her discussion of Michelle Cliff's Abeng, a novel that historicizes maroon culture and the Jamaican warrior heroine Nanny of the Maroons, Francoise Lionnet examines linguistic “metissage” […]"
- "Hard-hit by the Arctic winter, the Waverley route was completely closed from January 6-9, when an avalanche between Whitrope and Riccarton marooned Class A2 4-6-2 No. 60535 Hornet's Beauty."
- "After the harrowing stories of being marooned at sea and stranded in the frozen wastelands of Alaska and the Poles, one would think that survival on dry land would be easier […]"
- "The Trump administration’s argument, that no court could order it to retrieve Abrego Garcia despite his being deported by mistake, has broader implications: It means that the administration could similarly maroon U.S. citizens abroad “by mistake” and abandon them."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /məˈɹəʉn/
Usage
Inflected Forms
maroons (plural)
maroons (present, singular)
marooning (participle, present)
marooned (participle, past)
marooned (past)
more maroon (comparative)
most maroon (superlative)