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Synonyms for uncle-tom

Noun

1. Tom, Uncle Tom, Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
usage: contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
2. Uncle Tom, fictional character, fictitious character, character
usage: a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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