Mar*ron" (?), n. [See Maroon, a.]

1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] Holland.

2. A chestnut color; maroon.

3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]

French
• Brown (in colour); marron pourpré ("purplish brown") is the English maroon colour.
  
• Caught, done for, loser.
  
• One who illegally exercises a profession, or has doubtful or illicit practices. Magie marronne: Hedge magic.
  
• The chestnut, a large edible fruit.
  
• The horse-chestnut, a non-edible fruit.
  
• A maroon, a slave or animal who has run away to live free.
  
• A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post.
  
• In pyrotechnics, the maroon, a firecracker on a rocket.
  
• In popular speech, a fist punch.
  
• In popular speech, the head.