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