MELUNGEON

Etymology

Adjective

Melungeon (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to any of several similar Mestee groups currently and historically found in the Southeastern United States, all of uncertain or disputed origin.

Noun

Melungeon (plural Melungeons)

A Melungeon person.

Anagrams

• nonlegume

Source: Wiktionary

Me*lun"geon, n. [Cf. F. mélanger to mix, mélange a mixture.]

Definition: One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized as distinct.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition