Maroon

/məˈɹuːn/

Synonyms for "maroon" (126 found)

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Jamaican MaroonsSurinamese Maroonsburgundycastawaycordovandesert a prisonergarnetoxbloodstrand a crew memberstranded personwine

Collocations

8 entries
deep maroonmaroon clothingmaroon colormaroon dyemaroon fabricmaroon huemaroon pigmentmaroon shade

Inflections

3 entries
maroonsmore maroonmost maroon

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Sample sentences

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If the large maroon turtleneck is too big, do you have it in medium?

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Further north a Maroon community in the Bahoruco Mountains thrived for eighty-five years, until the French proposed a truce under the terms of which the Maroons would be permitted to form an independent clan.

Source: wiktionary

Joining others who had escaped before them, they formed communities of Maroons in which many traditional African customs and social mores were preserved.

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In her discussion of Michelle Cliff's Abeng, a novel that historicizes maroon culture and the Jamaican warrior heroine Nanny of the Maroons, Francoise Lionnet examines linguistic “metissage” […]

Source: wiktionary

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