Maroon - Definition
maroon
adj 1: of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: maroon,
brownish-red]
n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide
came in I was a maroon out there"
2: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the
travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand]
2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The
mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"