noun an explosive shell. ·see marron, 3.
2. maroon ·adj having the color called maroon. ·see 4th maroon.
3. maroon ·vt to put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
4. maroon ·noun in the west indies and guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
5. maroon ·noun a brownish or dull red of any description, ·esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.