0 a dark reddish-purple colour --
2 to leave someone in a place from which they cannot escape: --
3 (of) a dark brown-red color: --
a maroon tie
I think that if we gave warning by maroon, it would be of definite advantage to manufacturers in regard to production.
These people are not marooned on a desert island.
A group of choirboys is marooned on an island.
Others, with the ex-chief, are marooned below the gangway.
The interpretation of the maroon discourses is based on consultations with local informants and about ten years of participation and observation in the community, employing a linguistic anthropological approach.
Moreover, marooning (escape) was massive.
Such children are generally not in close contact with the members of a particular maroon community.
The survivors were marooned on an ice floe and driven against a large berg.
