Phrase guide
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noun
A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
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Synonyms: coconut, Oreo, coon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Tom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
History
Referring to the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
