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To: eichler who wrote (290)1/23/2001 6:51:06 PM
From: LPS5   of 595
 
LOL. What was this supposed to mean?

The guy is a maroon

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Main Entry: 1
ma·roon
Pronunciation: m&-'rün
Function: noun
Etymology: French maron, marron, modification of American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón wild, savage
Date: 1666
1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave
2 : a person who is marooned

Main Entry: 2
maroon
Function: transitive verb
Date: circa 1709
1 : to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate
2 : to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape

Main Entry: 3
maroon
Function: noun
Etymology: French marron Spanish chestnut
Date: 1791
: a dark red
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