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uncle tom
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun uncle tom has 2 senses
- uncle tom(n = noun.person) tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites; Array is a kind of black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid
- uncle tom(n = noun.person) Array - a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
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