English Explanatory Dictionary

marron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sweet chestnut.
noun
  1. Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
noun
  1. A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave).
name
  1. A surname from French.
name
  1. A river in west Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, which joins the River Derwent (Cumbria).

Word forms

marron marrons

Etymology

Variant form of maroon (“chestnut”), later reinforced by French marron.

Synonyms

hairy marron Margaret River marron

Related words

marron glacé gilgie jilgie yabby yabbie
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