Uncle Tom
1. (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites • Syn: Tom • Usage Domain: ethnic slur, disparagement, depreciation, derogation • Hypernyms: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid 2. a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Instance Hypernyms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
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