maroon
/mɝˈun/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
of dark brownish to purplish red
Noun
a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
Noun
a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
Noun
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
Verb
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
Verb
leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"