maroons in English

noun
1
a member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British settlers, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons.
Nanny was the greatest of the generals of the Maroons , runaway slaves who forged a society and an identity in the weedy-thick hill country of the Jamaican hinterland.
noun
1
a brownish-crimson color.
The schools new colours are maroon , royal blue and yellow.
verb
1
leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island
synonyms:strandcast awaycast ashoreshipwreckabandonleave behindleaveleave in the lurchdesertforsakeleave high and dry
verb

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1. Synonyms for Abandons include deserts, leaves, strands, ditches, forsakes, dumps, jilts, abdicates, maroons and orphans

2. Buckra reading their pass Summary Drawing shows a white man (Buckra) reading the pass of Maroons (runaway slaves) on a road

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