Definitions of Uncle Tom
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a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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example of:
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character, fictional character, fictitious character
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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character, fictional character, fictitious character
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(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
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synonyms:
Tom
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