Etymology

cimarron

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Today it means: A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama. Full definition →

Spanish cimarrón
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcimarrón“feral; maroon”
  2. English todayCimarron

From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).

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