marron

horse-chestnut; chestnut; chestnut brown; A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post; firecracker (on a rocket)

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor. Italian marronebor. French marron Borrowed from Italian marrone.

brown

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor. Italian marronebor. French marron Borrowed from Italian marrone.

feral, maroon (that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)); wild (to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal); illicit, crooked (of professions)

“cochon marron” — feral pig

From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón; see that entry for more.

maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)

From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón; see that entry for more.