Definition of Marooning. Meaning of Marooning. Synonyms of Marooning

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Definition of Marooning

Marooning
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.

Meaning of Marooning from wikipedia

- Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island, or more generally (usually in p****ive voice) to...
- Maroon (US/UK /məˈruːn/ mə-ROON, Australia /məˈroʊn/ mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut...
- Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and Islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and formed...
- Look up maroon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maroon is a dark reddish purple or dark brownish red colour. Maroon may also refer to: Marooning, the...
- Marooned may refer to: Marooning, the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area Marooned (1933 film), a British drama film Marooned...
- Look up marooning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area. Marooning may also...
- Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael...
- Jamaican Maroons descend from Africans who freed themselves from slavery on the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in...
- Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly...
- The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (0.3 miles). The mountains...