maroon
adjective
dark brownish-red.
Example Sentences
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The area was once a refuge for escaped slaves known as maroons who fought fiercely against their British captors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Or the impassioned, expressionist brushwork or dark blues and maroons.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
After an expedition to a hostile planet, he unintentionally maroons his fellow explorers, so they have no choice but to set up a colony there.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
That maroons 100 chatty senators - including four Democrats in the heat of a nomination fight - for the serious constitutional business of the impeachment trial, for hours at a time.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
The village was run by maroons whom the British had been unable to defeat.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
