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marooned |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: marooned adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" [syn: {isolated}, {stranded}] 2: put ashore and abandoned on a desolate island or coast; "the marooned pirate in `Treasure Island'"
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