| 单词 |
Melungeon |
| 释义 |
Melungeon, n. U.S.|mɪˈlʌndʒən|
Also Malungeon.
[Of uncertain origin, but perh. related to F. mélange mixture.]
A member of a North American people of mixed white, black, and Amerindian descent inhabiting the southern Appalachian mountains in the eastern U.S.
1889Boston Traveller 13 Apr. 6/5 They resented the appellation Melungeon, given to them by common consent by the whites, and proudly called themselves Portuguese. 1948H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 235 There are many similar groups of mixed bloods, always of low economic status..notably..the Malungeons of southwestern Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. 1951Geogr. Rev. XLI. 257 The Melungeons are said to have been disfranchised by the restrictions placed on free persons of color in the Tennessee Constitution of 1834. 1967L. Pennington Dark Hills of Jesse Stuart vii. 116 The Melungeons were always a free people. Although they were often of dark complexion, they..were never enslaved. 1970Times 20 Oct. 8/5 One of the tribes which seems to have a Mediterranean background and which has puzzled scholars for generations are the Melungeons. |
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