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De or het marron?

de marron

Meaning

Maroon (a member of ethnic groups in the Americas descended from Africans who escaped slavery and established free communities; (Suriname) a member of a major Afro-Surinamese ethnic group that consists of several tribes and is based mostly in the hinterland; (historical) escaped slave)

Example

Het is 10 oktober, de dag waarop marrons vieren dat er in 1760 vrede is afgedwongen van de koloniale overheersers.

It's 10 October, the day Maroons celebrate that peace was exacted from the colonial oppressors in 1760.

Plural
de marrons
Demonstrative
deze marron / die marron
With an adjective
een mooie marron / de mooie marron