cimarrón — meaning in English

English meaning

• feral adj Wild and untamed, especially describing an animal that has escaped domestication and now lives in the wild.
• maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
• maverick noun A person who thinks and acts independently, refusing to follow the usual rules or conventions of their group.

Senses

cimarrón is used for these senses in English:

• feral Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.
• maroon An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]
• maverick An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]

feral — full definition

1. adj Wild and untamed, especially describing an animal that has escaped domestication and now lives in the wild.
2. adj Out of control, wild, or unruly, said of a person or behavior.

maroon — full definition

1. adj A dark brownish-red colour.
2. verb To strand someone in a remote or isolated place, leaving them unable to get away.
3. noun Historically, an enslaved person who escaped and formed independent communities, especially in the Caribbean and the Americas, or their descendants.

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