The M A R O O N

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also marroon.] [F. marron,
 abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit
 of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that
 lives in the mountains.]
 In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
 negro, living in the mountains.