Usually means: Dark reddish-brown color shade.
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  1. maroon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. maroon: Merriam-Webster
  3. Maroon, maroon, maroon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. maroon, maroon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. maroon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. maroon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Maroon, maroon: Wordnik
  8. maroon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Maroon, maroon: Wiktionary
  10. maroon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. maroon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. maroon: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Maroon, maroon: Dictionary.com
  14. maroon (n.), maroon (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. maroon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album), Maroon (band), Maroon (color), Maroon (disambiguation), Maroon (people), Maroon (rocket), Maroon (slavery), Maroon (surname), Maroon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Maroon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. maroon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. maroon: Rhymezone
  20. maroon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. maroon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Maroon, Maroon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. maroon: FreeDictionary.org
  24. maroon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Maroon: The Word Detective
  26. maroon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

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  1. maroon: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. maroon: A Word A Day
  2. maroon: Idioms
  3. maroon: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maroon: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Maroon (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. maroon: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Maroon: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See marooned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An escaped black person of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
noun:  A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
adjective:  Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
verb:  To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
noun:  A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
adjective:  Of a maroon color
noun:  (nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
noun:  (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (Australia) A member of the Queensland State of Origin rugby league team, who wear maroon-coloured jerseys.
noun:  Alternative form of maroon (“descendant of escaped slaves”) [An escaped black person of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.]

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