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Uncle Tom
DEFINITIONS OF:
Uncle Tom
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n
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Example of:
character
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fictional character
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fictitious character
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
n
(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
Synonyms:
Tom
Type of:
Black
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Black person
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Negro
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Negroid
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blackamoor
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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