单词 | marooner |
释义 | maroonern. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > pirate sea-thiefc1050 skimmera1387 scummera1398 galliotc1425 reaver1434 piratea1475 freebooter1570 sea-rover1579 filibuster1591 water rat1600 water thief1600 picaroon1624 sea-rata1640 Algerine1657 marooner1661 rat1675 Likedeelers1764 Viking1807 sea-wolf1837 piratess1862 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > pirate rovera1393 pirate?a1425 reaver1434 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 water thief1600 picaroon1624 marooner1661 Likedeelers1764 buccaneer1846 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1661 |
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