marron

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6

Definition of marron

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.’”
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noun

  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.’”
  2. Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
  3. (historical)A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave).

name

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

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Etymology

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

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