Melungeon

noun

Me·​lun·​geon

variants or less commonly Malungeon

məˈlənjən

plural -s

sometimes offensive

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

Word History

Etymology

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