Cimarron

name, noun

name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama.

    "When he retired from piracy, Uncle Patrice settled down with a woman of mixed Taino and Cimarron ancestry to the less adventurous activity of tobacco ..."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Cimarron (“maroon”). alt-of

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:cimarron."

  3. 3
    wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Kings County, California, United States.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Montrose County, Colorado, United States.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Gray County, Kansas, United States.
  4. 4
    A village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, United States.
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  1. 6
    A river that flows from northeastern New Mexico, into the Arkansas River in northeastern Oklahoma.

Synonyms

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bighornbighornbighorn sheepcimarron riverovis canadensisrocky mountain bighorn

Example

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"When he retired from piracy, Uncle Patrice settled down with a woman of mixed Taino and Cimarron ancestry to the less adventurous activity of tobacco ..."

Etymology

From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).

Related phrases

Cimarron Countycolfax countycounty seatgray countyharris countykings countymontrose countynew mexico

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