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marron

marron noun: a sweet chestnut.

marron: a sweet chestnut
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Noun (1)

marron (plural marrons)

  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.’2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, published 2007, page 137

Noun (2)

marron (plural marrons)

  1. Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
    Synonyms:
    hairy marron, Margaret River marron

Noun (3) capitalized: Marron

Marron (plural Marrons)

  1. (historical) A Surinamese maroon (escaped slave).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Marron

Marron (plural Marrons)

  1. A surname from French.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Marron

Marron

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

Synonyms of marron

  • hairy marron
  • Margaret River marron

Forms of marron

Noun
pluralmarrons
pluralMarrons
Proper noun
pluralMarrons

Origin of marron

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

From Nyunga marran.

Borrowed from French Marron.

Questions about marron

What does marron mean?
Marron means a sweet chestnut.
What part of speech is marron?
Marron can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of marron?
The plural of marron is marrons.

Words near marron in the dictionary

  1. Marrists
  2. marrite
  3. Marro
  4. Marrocco
  5. Marroccos
  6. marron
  7. marron glacé
  8. marronage
  9. Marroni
  10. Marronis
  11. marrons

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