A Most Unwelcome Death
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Hi Cindy. "Maroon" is a back-formation from "marooner" which is itself a corruption of the Spanish "cimarrona", meaning a runaway as opposed to a castaway. The original buccaneers were therefore "marooners". If they then chose to leave the ship, they were "marooned". Later it became a form of punishment, hence the present-day meaning.-- posted by MorgantheBlack
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