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maroonage

maroonage noun: the fact or state of being a maroon.

Noun

maroonage (uncountable)

  1. The fact or state of being a maroon.
    • Haiti came under French rule in 1677, but this did not diminish the “marronage”.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 64
    • Between the years 1764 and 1793, for example, newspaper advertisements alone indicate some forty-eight thousand cases of Maroonage.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 194

Forms of maroonage

alternative formmarronage

Origin of maroonage

From maroon + -age, often as a calque of French marronnage.

Questions about maroonage

What does maroonage mean?
Maroonage means the fact or state of being a maroon.
What part of speech is maroonage?
Maroonage is a noun.

Words near maroonage in the dictionary

  1. maroon lake
  2. maroon lakes
  3. Maroon Peak
  4. Maroon Spirit
  5. Maroona
  6. maroonage
  7. Maroondah
  8. marooned
  9. marooner
  10. marooners
  11. marooning

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