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Melungeon

noun
Me·​lun·​geon
variants: or less commonly Malungeon \ məˈlənjən \
plural -s

Definition of Melungeon

sometimes offensive
: one of a group of people of uncertain ancestry in the southern Appalachians especially of eastern Tennessee

History and Etymology for Melungeon

origin unknown

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