maroon in WordNet English dictionary

1. of dark brownish to purplish red
   maroon  brownish-red 
   

1. an exploding firework used as a warning signal
   maroon 
   
2. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
   maroon 
   
3. a person who is stranded (as on an island)
   "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
   maroon 
   

1. leave stranded on a desert island without resources
   "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
   maroon 
   
2. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
   "the travellers were marooned"
   maroon  strand