Melungeon
noun
Me·lun·geon
\məˈlənjən\
variants: less commonly
Malungeon
\məˈlənjən\Definition of Melungeon
-s
sometimes offensive
: one of a group of people of uncertain ancestry in the southern Appalachians especially of eastern Tennessee
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