MAROON

I. noun Etymology: probably from French maron, marron feral, fugitive, modification of American Spanish cimarrón wild, savage Date: 1666 a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries, a person who is ~ed, II. transitive verb Date: circa 1709 to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate, to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape, III. noun Etymology: French marron Spanish chestnut Date: 1779 a dark red