Main entry: maroon
Definition: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
Main entry: maroon
Definition: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
Main entry: maroon
Definition: a person who is stranded (as on an island)
Usage: when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
Main entry: maroon
Definition: leave stranded on a desert island without resources
Usage: The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
Definition: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
Usage: the travellers were marooned
Main entry: maroon, brownish-red
Definition: of dark brownish to purplish red