maroon

maroon
ma|roon1 [məˈru:n] n [U]
[Date: 1700-1800; : French; Origin: marron 'chestnut']
a dark brownish red colour
>maroon adj
maroon 2
maroon2 v [T usually passive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: maroon 'runaway black slave' (17-19 centuries), from American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón 'wild']
to be left in a place where there are no other people and where you cannot escape
The car broke down and left us marooned in the middle of nowhere.

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