cimarron

¹ American  

[sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uhn, sim-uh-rohn] / ˈsɪm əˌrɒn, -ˌroʊn, -ər ən, ˌsɪm əˈroʊn /

noun

1. bighorn.

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Cimarron ² American  

[sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uhn, sim-uh-rohn] / ˈsɪm əˌrɒn, -ˌroʊn, -ər ən, ˌsɪm əˈroʊn /

noun

1. a river flowing E from NE New Mexico to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. 600 miles (965 km) long.

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Etymology

Origin of cimarron

First recorded in 1840–50; from Colonial Spanish (carnero) cimarrón “wild (ram),” Spanish: “wild,” probably equivalent to Old Spanish cimarra “brushwood, thicket,” from cim(a) “peak, summit” (from Latin cȳma “spring shoots of a vegetable,” from Greek; cyme ) + -arrón adjective suffix; maroon ²

Example Sentences

Slaves who ran away and lived beyond the control of the planters were called “maroons”—from the Spanish word cimarron for cattle that escaped and lived in the wild.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

The Spanish word "cimarron" signifies indiscriminately a runaway head of cattle or horses, that had become wild, or a runaway slave.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

The cimarron bear is avoided by the soldiers, if possible, when met by them.

From Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 by Tuttle, Edmund B.

The animals which are found west of the Missouri River, especially in the Rocky Mountains, and far beyond them, are the buffalo, elk, deer, cimarron bear, mountain sheep, antelope, coyote, prairie-dog, etc.

From Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 by Tuttle, Edmund B.

It would debauch us: we'd get plumb locoed an' take to racin' wild an' cimarron up an' down the range, an' no gent could foresee results.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry