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maroon

maroon

3 9.1
A person left alone on an island with no way to escape
  • noun
  • /məˈrun/
translation icon : náufrago
  • The castaway lived alone for years as a maroon on the deserted island.

Examples

  • It was called Marooned Astronauts, Marooned in Space with no hope of being rescued.

  • Now the maroons will have to find something else to complain about.

    Blog text (11)

  • Here are the locations for real maroons and castaways, and the rendezvous of buccaneers.

    Academic text (2002)

  • After the shipwreck, they became maroons, stranded without any means to leave.

  • Many maroons developed their own unique cultures far from civilization.

Synonyms

castaway
vsmaroon
13 7.2

A person left alone on a deserted island after a shipwreck or abandoned by other people

is left specifically on an island and unable to leave

Compounds

maroon-purple
4.1

A purple color with a red-brown shade

maroon-spotted
5.4

Having dark red spots

How Isolated

maroon
3 9.1
castaway
13 7.2
stranded
3 4.0
wanderer
23 3.9

Surface Forms

maroon singular
maroons plural

Etymology

The word maroon for a person left alone on an island comes from Spanish and Portuguese cimarrón, which meant 'runaway' or 'wild'. It was used for people who escaped and lived apart, so a maroon is someone stranded and unable to leave.