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Definition of Marooned
1. Adjective. Cut off or left behind. "Travelers marooned by the blizzard"
Definition of Marooned
1. Verb. (past of maroon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marooned
1. maroon [v] - See also: maroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marooned
Literary usage of Marooned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"marooned.' "John D. Rockefeller's plight In these mature years Is pathetic. ...
marooned by public opinion, on his Island of gold, In a sea of wealth, ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1903)
"marooned. Bv KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER. "You 'RE a coward—just like all girls!"
said Jimmie, with supreme contempt. ..."
3. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"... CHAPTER XX marooned ON AN ISLAND OP ICE IT was without any premonition of what
was about to happen that on May 24th, after we had gone two miles and a ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"marooned. I RETURNED to my lodgings in London one night in June in the year
eighteen hundred and something, and found a letter lying upon the table. ..."
5. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Howard Pyle, Charles Johnson (1892)
"... and why— marooned on the Island Mauritius—Some account of that island —The
adventures of the company continued—Angria, an Indian pirate—His strength by ..."
6. The Voyage of the "Scotia": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, Robert Cockburn Mossman, James Hunter Harvey Pirie, William Speirs Bruce (1906)
"marooned—LIFE IN OMOND HOUSE—THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA— SUMMER THAWING—INSECTS — A
VISIT TO A RINGED PENGUIN ROOKERY—CAPE PIGEONS—SNOWY PETRELS — STORMY ..."
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