marron

Etymology 1
Variant form of, later reinforced by.

Noun

 * 1) A sweet chestnut.

Etymology 2


From.

Noun

 * , a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) Maroon a member of ethnic groups in the Americas descended from Africans who escaped slavery and established free communities; a member of a major Afro-Surinamese ethnic group that consists of several tribes and is based mostly in the hinterland;  escaped slave

Adjective

 * 1) stupid

Noun

 * 1) idiot

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) horse-chestnut
 * 2) chestnut
 * 3) chestnut brown
 * 4)  firecracker (on a rocket)
 * 5)  punch (with the fist)
 * 6)  head
 * 1)  head

Adjective

 * 1)  brown

Usage notes

 * This adjective is used mainly in France. Elsewhere, the usual adjective is . Compared to brun, marron is slightly depreciative.
 * Like most colors that take their name from animals and plants, the adjective is invariable. However, by analogy with the corresponding noun which has a plural, some people may erroneously consider it variable in number and use marrons as the plural.

Etymology 2
From a West Indies creole, from ; see that entry for more.

Adjective

 * 1)  feral, maroon that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)
 * 2)  wild to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal
 * 3)  illicit, crooked (of professions)
 * 1)  wild to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal
 * 2)  illicit, crooked (of professions)
 * 1)  illicit, crooked (of professions)
 * 1)  illicit, crooked (of professions)

Noun

 * 1) maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)