Uncle Tom

/ˈʌŋkəl ˌtɑm/
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Other forms: Uncle Toms

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