maroon
maroon is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
- 2.An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- apart
- aside
- auburn
- away
- bay
- behind
- berry
- bister
- bronze
- brown
- brunette
- cast
- cede
- cession
- chestnut
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- course
- culls
- dapple
- deed
- derelict
- dereliction
- disburden
- discard
- dismiss
- dispensation
- dispose
- dispossess
- disuse
- divest
- down
- drop
- eject
- embrown
- expropriate
- expropriation
- fawn-colored
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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