Maroon
/məˈruːn/noun
- a member of a group of black people living in the mountains and forests of Suriname and the West Indies, descended from runaway slaves马龙人(生活在苏里南和西印度群岛山区和森林中的黑人种族, 系逃亡黑奴的后代)。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French marron meaning 'feral', from Spanish cimarrón 'wild', (as a noun) 'runaway slave'.