■ noun derogatory, chiefly N. Amer. a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people.
Origin
1920s: from the name of the hero of H. B. Stowe's ~'s Cabin (1852).
■ noun derogatory, chiefly N. Amer. a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile to white people.
Origin
1920s: from the name of the hero of H. B. Stowe's ~'s Cabin (1852).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004