Uncle Tom Definition

tŏm
noun
A black person whose behavior toward whites is regarded as fawning or servile.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
Uncle Tom
Plural:
uncle-toms

Origin of Uncle Tom

  • After Uncle Tom , a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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