noun
( taboo , offensive ) sometimes used in the past to refer to a black man who wants to please or serve white people
ORIGIN: From a character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
noun
( taboo , offensive ) sometimes used in the past to refer to a black man who wants to please or serve white people
ORIGIN: From a character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005