marquiser, v.a., to style any one a marquis.
se marquiser, v.r., to assume the title of marquis.
marquoir, n.m., bodkin.
marraine, n.f., godmother, sponsor.
marre, n.f., mattock, hoe.
☉marri, -e, adj., sorry, grieved, concerned, troubled.
marron, n.m., (bot.) large French chestnut; chestnut; ☉large curl tied with a ribbon; cracker (fire-works); (milit.) mark; unlicensed broker; unlicensed printer; (print.) work printed clandestinely; chestnut color. — d’Inde; horse-chestnut. — d’eau; water-caltrops (fruit). —s glacés; candied chestnuts. Tirer les —s du feu; to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
marron, adj. invariable, maroon, chestnut-color.
marron, -ne, adj., fugitive, runaway (of slaves); wild (of animals that have been tame); (com.) unlicensed, interloping. Courtier —; (com.) unlicensed broker. Cochon —; wild hog.
marron, n.m., -ne, n.f., runaway slave; maroon; free black slave (of the West Indies).