Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marroon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also {marroon}.] [F. marron,
abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit
of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that
lives in the mountains.]
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
negro, living in the mountains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marroon \Mar*roon"\, n. & a.
Same as 1st {Maroon}.
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