Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island, or more generally (usually in passive voice) to be marooned is to be in a place from which one cannot escape.[1] The word is attested in 1699, and is derived from the term maroon, a word for a fugitive slave,[1] which could be a corruption of Spanish cimarrón (rendered as "symeron" in 16th–17th century English[2]), meaning a household animal (or slave) who has "run wild". Cimarrón in turn may be derived from the Taino word símaran (“wild”) (like a stray arrow), from símara (“arrow”).
The practice was a penalty for crewmen, or for captains at the hands of a crew in cases of mutiny. Generally, a marooned man was set on a deserted island, often no more than a sand bar at low tide.[3] He would be given some food, a container of water, and a loaded pistol so he could die by suicide if he desired.[4][self-published source?] The outcome of marooning was usually fatal, but survival was possible if the condemned could obtain a means of escape, as in the case of pirate Edward England.
The chief practitioners of marooning were 17th and 18th century pirates, to such a degree that they were frequently referred to as "marooners". The pirate articles of captains Bartholomew Roberts and John Phillips specify marooning as a punishment for cheating one's fellow pirates or other offences. In this context, to be marooned is euphemistically to be "made governor of an island".
During the late 18th century in the southern United States, "marooning" took on a humorous additional meaning describing an extended camping-out picnic over a period of several days.[1]
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^Kraske, Robert (2005). Marooned: The Strange But True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk. Clarion Books. ISBN 0-618-56843-3.
^Hickox, Rex (2007). All you wanted to know about 18th century Royal Navy. Lulu.com. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4116-3057-4.[self-published source]
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