marooner
/məˈɹuːnɚ/
marooner noun: someone marooned.
Noun (1)
marooner (plural marooners)
- Someone marooned.
Noun (2) capitalized: Marooner
Marooner (plural Marooners)
- A member of the American pop rock band Maroon 5.
- Long before “Harder to Breathe” and “This Love” settled on radio stations ranging from Top 40 to rock to “alternative,” four of the five Marooners were in a band called Kara’s Flowers, recording albums as teenagers and doing a little touring.2004 July 2, Dan Nailen, “Maroon 5 lands in a good place, but wants to keep moving”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, volume 268, number 80, page D11
- It was a bizarre, unwieldy number that didn’t seem to make much sense stylistically – the Splenda-coated vanilla pop of the Marooners clashing with the too-cool disco-punk of Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand, which did ditto with the Texas-bred roots-rock of Los Lonely Boys and the hyper pop-rap of Black...2005 February 14, J. Freedom du Lac, “Most of the laughs unintentional”, in The Sacramento Bee, page D8
- A fan of the American pop rock band Maroon 5.
- With the newest release, the band has made it very clear that the “Songs About Jane” era is over and done with. It may not be what diehard Marooners wanted or expected, but in the end it doesn't really matter.2017 December 6, Sophia Alfieri, “A new shade of Maroon: Maroon 5’s new album ‘Red Pill Blues’ begins a new era of music for the popular band”, in The Quinnipiac Chronicle, volume 88, number 13...
- Wearing shades of red (and maroon, of course) Filipino Marooners were more than ready to watch the iconic band Maroon 5 last January 29 for their Manila stop as part of their Asia 2025 tour.2025 February 4, Leona Abrera, “The Maroon 5 Manila Concert Brought Back All the Memories (and Made New Ones)”, in NYLON Manila, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2025
Synonyms of marooner
Forms of marooner
| plural | marooners |
|---|---|
| plural | Marooners |
Origin of marooner
From maroon + -er.
Words that rhyme with marooner
Questions about marooner
- What does marooner mean?
- Marooner means someone marooned.
- What part of speech is marooner?
- Marooner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce marooner?
- Marooner is pronounced /məˈɹuːnɚ/.
- What is the plural of marooner?
- The plural of marooner is marooners.
Words near marooner in the dictionary
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