UNCLE TOM


Meaning of UNCLE TOM in English

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.