I. ma ‧ roon 1 /məˈruːn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: marron 'chestnut' ]
a dark brownish red colour
—maroon adjective
II. maroon 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: maroon 'runaway black slave' (17-19 centuries) , from American Spanish cimarrón , from cimarrón 'wild' ]
to be left in a place where there are no other people and where you cannot escape ⇨ stranded :
The car broke down and left us marooned in the middle of nowhere.