Originally Posted by
catanonia
New one on me unless you are calling me a runaway slave using the verb, as this is the only one that has any context.
Anyway I am not going to argue with you anymore on the forum or on the video comments, you have made your point as anyone is entitled to do.
colour
Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour.
...maroon velvet curtains.
2. verb
If someone is marooned somewhere, they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from.
Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.
...after years of being marooned on a desert island.
Synonyms: abandon, leave, desert, strand More Synonyms of maroon
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Word Frequency
maroon1 (məˈruːn )
verb (transitive)
1.
to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island
2.
to isolate without resources
noun
3.
a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana
4. US and Canadian informal
a person who has been marooned, esp on an island
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