maroon

A dark red color with some brown in it.

• She chose maroon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in blue and maroon.
• This maroon looks almost brown in the shade.

Similar words: reddish brown

Common phrases: deep maroon, shade of maroon, dark maroon

A Black person who escaped slavery in the Americas or Caribbean, or someone descended from them.

• The maroons built a village in the hills.
• A maroon guided the group through the forest.
• The museum explains how maroons resisted slavery.

Similar words: Boschneger

Common phrases: maroon community, escaped maroon, maroon settlement

Dark red with some brown in it.

• He wore a maroon shirt.
• The curtains are maroon.
• She bought a pair of maroon shoes.

Similar words: reddish-brown

Common phrases: maroon shirt, maroon dress, maroon walls

To leave someone in a faraway or empty place where they cannot easily escape.

• The pirates marooned him on an island.
• A broken engine left us marooned far from shore.
• They were marooned in a remote village for weeks.

How to use it: maroon someone on something (The captain marooned two sailors on a small island.)

Similar words: strand, abandon

Opposites: rescue

Common phrases: maroon someone, maroon on an island