maroon

noun5

1. •
   A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

   • Is it a really dark maroon or a lighter maroon or a maroon that leans toward the red side? Or the magenta side? To address this issue, scientists use something called a color space. — 2009
2. •
   An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

   • Joining others who had escaped before them, they formed communities of Maroons in which many traditional African customs and social mores were preserved. — 2007
3. •
   (slang, disapproving) An idiot; a fool.

   • At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon! — 2011
4. •
   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).
5. •
   A castaway; a person who has been marooned (abandoned).

adjective2

1. •
   Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.
2. •
   Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

   • In her discussion of Michelle Cliff's Abeng, a novel that historicizes maroon culture and the Jamaican warrior heroine Nanny of the Maroons, Francoise Lionnet examines linguistic “metissage” […] — 2002

verb1

1. •
   To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

   • Hard-hit by the Arctic winter, the Waverley route was completely closed from January 6-9, when an avalanche between Whitrope and Riccarton marooned Class A2 4-6-2 No. 60535 Hornet's Beauty. — 1963

noun1

1. •
   (Australia) A member of the Queensland State of Origin rugby league team, who wear maroon-coloured jerseys.