uncle tom

English Thesaurus

1. a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	character, fictional character, fictitious character,
definition	:	an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) (noun.person)

2. (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites (noun.person)

hypernym	:	black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid,
definition	:	a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) (noun.person)

domain usage	:	depreciation, derogation, disparagement,
definition	:	a communication that belittles somebody or something (noun.communication)

domain usage	:	ethnic slur,
definition	:	a slur on someone's race or language (noun.communication)