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marron¹

Where it comes from

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

noun marrons

  1. A sweet chestnut. ‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron, I would have killed the pig up there.’

marron²

Where it comes from

From Nyunga marran.

noun marrons

  1. Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.

    Similar: hairy marron, Margaret River marron

Marron³

noun Marrons

  1. historical A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave).

Marron⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Marron.

proper noun Marrons

  1. A surname from French.

Marron⁵

proper noun

  1. A river in west Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, which joins the River Derwent (Cumbria).

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@misc{marron_2026,
  title = {marron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}