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marron

[ mar-uhn, muh-rohn; French ma-rawn ]

noun

  1. a large European chestnut, especially as used in cooking, and often candied or preserved in syrup.


marron

1

/ ˈmærən; marɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a large edible sweet chestnut


marron

2

/ ˈmærən /

noun

  1. a large freshwater crayfish of Western Australia, Cherax tenuimanus

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Word History and Origins

Origin of marron1

First recorded in 1870–75; from French; maroon 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of marron1

from French, of obscure origin

Origin of marron2

from a native Australian language

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Example Sentences

"The scale of Wall Street is bigger by several orders of magnitude," says Marron.

The vast majority of business," says Marron, "is done at very high ethical standards.

Former CBO acting director Donald B. Marron on the variables and asterisks involved.

Big collectors like Marty Margulies, Agnes Gund, Frances Bowes, Don Marron, and Helen Schwab roamed the art-filled aisles.

The Daily Beast consulted financial specialist Don Marron on where we are in the economic turmoil.

Where the chocolate fails, however, the marron glacé is an infallible specific.

Now, cambare is something like the Hindu name kam, and marron (marroon) indicates a plant escaped from cultivation.

Here and there around the base of the whipped cream place a marron glac.

Vermont was a favourite with Miss Penelope, owing chiefly to his frequent gifts of marron glacs--a great weakness of hers.

Then I fell prone on the ground, and remembered that I had eaten one marron for dinner.

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Marrinermarrons glacés