"Melungeon" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from French mélange (“mixture”) + English -ian; perhaps from malengine; perhaps from melongene; or perhaps none of these. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{uder|en|fr|mélange||mixture}} French mélange (“mixture”), {{m|en|-ian}} -ian, {{m|en|malengine}} malengine, {{m|en|melongene}} melongene Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Melungeon (not comparable)
  1. 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. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Melungeon-en-adj-oKu5ACp- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 72 28

Noun

Forms: Melungeons [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from French mélange (“mixture”) + English -ian; perhaps from malengine; perhaps from melongene; or perhaps none of these. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{uder|en|fr|mélange||mixture}} French mélange (“mixture”), {{m|en|-ian}} -ian, {{m|en|malengine}} malengine, {{m|en|melongene}} melongene Head templates: {{en-noun}} Melungeon (plural Melungeons)
  1. A Melungeon person.
    Sense id: en-Melungeon-en-noun-maQa4xBa

Inflected forms

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