1. (

• maroon

) a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" ;

2. (

• maroon

) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color ;

3. (

• maroon

) an exploding firework used as a warning signal ;

1. (

• maroon ,
• strand

) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" ;

2. (

• maroon

) leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" ;

1. (

• maroon ,
• brownish-red

) of dark brownish to purplish red ;