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Marron

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
  2. 2
    A river in west Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, which joins the River Derwent (Cumbria).
Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet chestnut.

    "‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron, I would have killed the pig up there.’"

  2. 2
    Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
  3. 3
    A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave). historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant form of maroon (“chestnut”), later reinforced by French marron.

Etymology 2

From Nyunga marran.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Marron.

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