1. [n]  an exploding firework used as a warning signal
2. [adj]  dark brownish to purplish red
3. [v]  isolate without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
4. [v]  leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon

Maroon
While exploring her Haitian identity in these poems about the immigrant experience, Georges probes further to discover the individuality that nationhood cloaks.

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1. \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also {marroon}.] [F. marron,
   abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit
   of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that
   lives in the mountains.]
   In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
   negro, living in the mountains.
   

2. \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
   To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
   leave him to his fate.
   {Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns
      several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
      prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
   

3. \Ma*roon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a
   large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ?. Cf.
   {Marron}.]
   Having the color called maroon. See 4th {Maroon}.
   {Maroon lake}, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished
      for its transparency and the depth and durability of its
      color.
   

4. \Ma*roon"\, n.
   1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a
      scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
   2. An explosive shell. See {Marron}, 3.