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marroon (gcide) | 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.
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Marroon (gcide) | Marroon \Mar*roon"\, n. & a.
Same as 1st Maroon.
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marroon (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Marroon \Mar*roon"\, n. & a.
Same as 1st Maroon.
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