leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island

a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

a brownish-red colour

the hat is available in either white or maroon

cold pinks, purples, and maroons

a firework that makes a loud bang, used as a signal or warning

a member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons

we cannot know for certain what languages were spoken by the Maroons

the Maroons had maintained a steady resistance to the English colonists all throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries