Maroonage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fact or state of being a maroon. uncountable

    "Haiti came under French rule in 1677, but this did not diminish the “marronage”."

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"Haiti came under French rule in 1677, but this did not diminish the “marronage”."

Etymology

From maroon + -age, often as a calque of French marronnage.

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