Dictionary  ma•roonPronunciation: (mu-rOOn'), [key] —adj. 1. dark brownish-red. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder. b. a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen. ma•roonPronunciation: (mu-rOOn'), [key] —v.t. 1. to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers. 2. to place in an isolated and often dangerous position: The rising floodwaters marooned us on top of the house. 3. to abandon and leave without aid or resources: Having lost all his money, he was marooned in the strange city. —n. 1. (often cap) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas. 2. a person who is marooned: Robinson Crusoe lived for years as a maroon. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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