UNCLE TOM


Meaning of UNCLE TOM in English

■ 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).

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