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单词 marooner
释义 marooner|məˈruːnə(r)|
Also 7 ? marownar.
[f. maroon v.]
1. A buccaneer, pirate.
1661Hickeringill Jamaica 67 A few French Buckaneers, or Hunting Marownaes [? read Marownars].1728–36Byrd Westover Papers (1841) 13 On the south shore dwelt a marooner, that modestly called himself a hermit.1887H. Pyle in Harper's Mag. Aug. 357 (art.) Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main.
2. a. One who maroons persons on a desolate coast.
1881Sat. Rev. 3 Sept. 293 The original marooners of Ariadne were soon out of hail.
b. A person left on a desolate island as a punishment; = maroon n.2 2.
In Dicts.
3. Southern U.S. One who goes marooning (see maroon n.2 3).
In Dicts.
4. = maroon n.2 1. Obs. U.S.
a1738W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line in Writings (1901) 37 We were told that on the South Shore, not far from the Inlet, dwelt a Marooner that Modestly call'd himself a Hermit.
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