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maron

maron noun: an alpine guide.

Noun

maron (plural marons)

  1. (obsolete) An alpine guide.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Maron

Maron (plural Marons)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Maron

Maron

  1. Syriac saint, whose followers moved to Mount Lebanon from northern Syria, establishing the Maronite Church.

Forms of maron

Noun
pluralmarons
Proper noun
pluralMarons

Origin of maron

Either from French marron or Italian marrone, both from Latin Marrones.

Borrowed from Latin Maron, from Ancient Greek Μάρων (Márōn), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܘܢ (mārūn). Compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܡܪܐ (mar, “lord, master”).

Words formed from maron

Questions about maron

What does maron mean?
Maron means an alpine guide.
What part of speech is maron?
Maron can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of maron?
The plural of maron is marons.

Words near maron in the dictionary

  1. Marois
  2. marokite
  3. Marolf
  4. Marolfs
  5. Marom Creek
  6. maron
  7. Marondera
  8. marone
  9. Maronean
  10. Maroneans
  11. Maroney

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maron (page history and authors); Maron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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