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UNCLE TOM
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• UNCLE TOM (noun)
The noun UNCLE TOM has 1 sense:
1. a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Familiarity information: UNCLE TOM used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
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