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			| 1.
								of dark brownish to purplish red 
 'maroon' - used as a noun
 2.
								a person who is stranded (as on an island)
 when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
 3.
								a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
 4.
								an exploding firework used as a warning signal
 
 'maroon' - used as a verb
 5.
								leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
 the travellers were marooned
 6.
								leave stranded on a desert island without resources
 The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
 
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			| 1. Maroon / Plural maroons
 2. Maroon / Past
 marooned
 3. Maroon / Third Person
 maroons
 4. Maroon / Present Participle
 marooning
 
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