Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - maroon
Maroon
maroon
1. adj. & n. --adj. brownish-crimson. --n. 1 this colour. 2 an explosive device giving a loud report. Etymology: F marron chestnut f. It. marrone f. med.Gk maraon 2. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 leave (a person) isolated in a desolate place (esp. an island). 2 (of a person or a natural phenomenon) cause (a person) to be unable to leave a place. --n. 1 a person descended from a group of fugitive slaves in the remoter parts of Surinam and the W. Indies. 2 a marooned person. Etymology: F marron f. Sp. cimarr{oacute}n wild f. cima peak
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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