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    Patwa headword

    Maroon

    /mah-ROON/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Runaway slave descendant"
    Definition
    Descendants of Africans who escaped slavery and established free communities in the mountainous interior of Jamaica.
    Example
    "Di Maroon dem fight for dem freedom."
    Origin
    Spanish 'cimarrón' (wild/untamed).

    Maroon is a Jamaican Patois (Patwa) expression. For a full sentence, run it through the Jamaican Patois translator, or return to the lexicon index.