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单词 marooner
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maroonern.

Brit. /məˈruːnə/, U.S. /məˈrunər/
Forms: 1600s Marownaes (plural), 1700s– marooner.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maroon v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < maroon v. + -er suffix1 (although in quot. 1661 at sense 1 apparently attested slightly earlier than the parent verb).The form Marownaes in quot. 1661 at sense 1 is perhaps an error for Marownars or perhaps represents a plural with -es of a form Marowna (thus showing presumably maroon n.2).
1. Chiefly Caribbean and U.S. southern. A person who lives or roams in the wild as a wandering hunter, fugitive, or pirate; spec. (occasionally) = maroon n.2 1a. In later use also: (a) a person who has been marooned; (b) a person who goes on a maroon party (see maroon n.2 2). Now historical.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > pirate
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > pirate
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1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 67 A few French Buckaneers, or Hunting Marownaes [sic]..who live by killing the wild Beeves for their Hides.
1716 Boston News-let. 30 Apr. 2/2 They took also a Vessel of Marooners that belonged to the Bay and carryed to Campeche Town, where they erected a mighty Gallows, and threaten to hang them all.
a1744 W. 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.
1852 F. R. Goulding (title) Robert and Harold; or, The young marooners on the Florida Coast.
1878 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gaz. (ed. 4) 695 Marooner, one who hunts in boats among the keys and islands. (Florida).
1887 H. Pyle in Harper's Mag. Aug. 357 (heading) Buccaneers and marooners of the Spanish main.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Maroon, a person left alone on an island, as for punishment. Called also marooner.
1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy viii. 126 There crowded upon her all the stories she had been told of Marooners' Rock, so called because evil captains put sailors on it and leave them there to drown.
1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk viii. 164 The earliest ‘marooners’ were simply men who hunted wild hogs in the islands, cured the meat.., and sold it to passing ships.
1962 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 47 38 Inhabitants in the colony of Sierra Leone:..Marooners from Jamaica, West Indies.
2. A person who maroons someone. rare.
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1881 Sat. Rev. 3 Sept. 293 The original marooners of Ariadne were soon out of hail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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