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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 | ||
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