(mə·rn′) v.t.
1. To put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast.
2. To abandon; leave helpless. [<noun (def. 1)]
—noun
1. One of a class of Negroes, chiefly fugitive slaves or their descendants, living wild in the mountains of some West Indies islands and of Guiana.
2. Rare A person left alone on an island; a marooned person. [<F marron a maroon (def. 1) <Sp. cimarron wild]

(mə·rn′) noun
1. A dull, dark–red color.
2. A coal–tar dyestuff.
—adjective Having a dull, dark–red color. [<F marron a chestnut, chestnut color <Ital. marrone]