[ma.roon] n [F maron, marron, modif. of AmerSp cimarron, fr. cimarron wild, savage] (1666) 1 cap: a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also: a descendant of such a slave
2: a person who is marooned
[2]maroon vt (ca. 1709) 1: to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate
2: to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape [3]maroon n [F marron Spanish chestnut] (1791): a dark red