† maronn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s maron, 1500s–1600s marroon.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French marron; Italian marrone.

Etymology: < Middle French marron (1533) or Italian marrone (16th–17th cent.), both < ultimately post-classical Latin Marrones, Marones, the name of an Alpine people (10th cent.), of uncertain origin.Probably unconnected with post-classical Latin Maro type of a guide (a1142 in a British source) < the name of Publius Vergilius Maro (see Maronist n.¹; compare also the role of Virgil as guide in Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio (early 14th cent.)).

Obsolete.

A mountain guide, esp. in the Alps.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > in mountains

maron1511

mountain guide1810

Old Man of the Mountain1837

Sherpa1959

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. lvij^v We toke moyles to stey vs vp the Mountayne and toke also Marones to kepe vs frome fallynge.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. I^v My authour of this tale or figment..is our Maron of Turin. [Margin] That is guide or conductor.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 70 After two houres tugging of our chairmen, or Marons, we came to the top of the hill.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 67 Marons, or, men with little open chairs, to carry you vp and downe the hill for a crowne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	maron
释义	† maronn. Forms: 1500s–1600s maron, 1500s–1600s marroon. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French marron; Italian marrone. Etymology: < Middle French marron (1533) or Italian marrone (16th–17th cent.), both < ultimately post-classical Latin Marrones, Marones, the name of an Alpine people (10th cent.), of uncertain origin.Probably unconnected with post-classical Latin Maro type of a guide (a1142 in a British source) < the name of Publius Vergilius Maro (see Maronist n.¹; compare also the role of Virgil as guide in Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio (early 14th cent.)). Obsolete. A mountain guide, esp. in the Alps. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads > in mountains maron1511 mountain guide1810 Old Man of the Mountain1837 Sherpa1959 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. lvij^v We toke moyles to stey vs vp the Mountayne and toke also Marones to kepe vs frome fallynge. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. I^v My authour of this tale or figment..is our Maron of Turin. [Margin] That is guide or conductor. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 70 After two houres tugging of our chairmen, or Marons, we came to the top of the hill. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 67 Marons, or, men with little open chairs, to carry you vp and downe the hill for a crowne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1511
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