maroon
English
/məˈɹuːn/
noun
Definitions
- An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
- A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
Etymology
Borrowed from French marron (fugitive, feral, brown, chestnut) derived from Spanish, Castilian cimarrón (wild, feral, fugitive).
Origin
Spanish
cimarrón
Gloss
wild, feral, fugitive
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maroonage English
- marooner English
- maroonish English
- marrone Italian
- marron Dutch, Flemish
- marron French
- marronnage French
- marronnier French
- cimarrón Spanish, Castilian
- marrón Spanish, Castilian
- marrom Portuguese
- マロン Japanese
- marrón Galician
- maro Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- marrón Asturian
- simaran Taino