MPage 92
- English Word Maronite Definition One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.
- English Word Maronites Definition of Maronite
- English Word Maroon Definition In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
- English Word Maroon Definition To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
- English Word Maroon Definition Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
- English Word Maroon Definition A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
- English Word Maroon Definition An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
- English Word Marooned Definition of Maroon
- English Word Marooning Definition of Maroon
- English Word Marplot Definition One who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.
- English Word Marque Definition A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
- English Word Marquee Definition A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
- English Word Marquess Definition A marquis.
- English Word Marquetry Definition Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.
- English Word Marquis Definition A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
- English Word Marquisate Definition The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
- English Word Marquisdom Definition A marquisate.
- English Word Marquise Definition The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.
- English Word Marquisship Definition A marquisate.
- English Word Marram Definition A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.