melungeon

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Portugee blood -- touch o 'that melungeon tribe from over in the Fur Cove.

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  1. One of a class of people living in eastern Tennessee, of peculiar appearance and uncertain origin. They resented the appellation Melungeon, given to them by common consent by the whites, and proudly called themselves Portuguese. Boston Traveller, April 13, 1889.

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  1. Origin obscure; perhaps ult. from French mélange, a mixture: see mélange.
 

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