cimarron
noun
cimarron
1 American
[sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uhn, sim-uh-rohn]
/ ˈsɪm əˌrɒn, -ˌroʊn, -ər ən, ˌsɪm əˈroʊn /
noun
Cimarron
2
American
[sim-uh-ron, -rohn, -er-uhn, sim-uh-rohn]
/ ˈsɪm əˌrɒn, -ˌroʊn, -ər ən, ˌsɪm əˈroʊn /
noun
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; see cyme) + -arrón adjective suffix; cf. maroon 2
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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
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 Alfred Henry Lewis
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 Edmund B. Tuttle
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 Edmund B. Tuttle
But here, in a backyard on Cimarron Street on the last Saturday in July, conversation bounces from table to table, mouth to mouth, and the harmony of the day falls into place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The cookout on Cimarron Street is another opportunity, and he’s determined not to waste it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then in April 2021, just before McCartney was to be arraigned on some of the charges relating to the case, investigators discovered what had happened to Cimarron.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
Spend a night in Dodge City, then drive from western Kansas through most of New Mexico and parts of Arizona along the old Cimarron Trail.
From Salon ● May 11, 2023
Other roads led from the northern Rio Grande to the southern plains of what is now western Oklahoma by way of the Canadian and Cimarron Rivers.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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