Melungeon
Sometimes Offensive. a member of a people of mixed white, Black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.: See Usage note at the current entry.
of or relating to a people of mixed white, Black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.
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Portugee blood—touch o' that Melungeon tribe from over in the Fur Cove.
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British Dictionary definitions for melungeon
/ (məˈlʌndʒən) /
any of a dark-skinned group of people of the Appalachians in E Tennessee, of mixed Indian, White, and Black ancestry
Origin of melungeon
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