Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marooned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
leave him to his fate.
{Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns
several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marooned
adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several
stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by
the blizzard" [syn: {isolated}, {stranded}]
2: put ashore and abandoned on a desolate island or coast; "the
marooned pirate in `Treasure Island'"
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