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Definition Uncle Tom in American English

Uncle Tom noun

noun
/ˌʌŋk(ə)l ˈtɑm/

From the name of the main character in the 19th-century U.S. novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

1

an insulting word for a black person who the speaker thinks shows too much respect for white people. This word is used especially by other black people.

Synonyms and related words
black Canuck colored
Definition Uncle Tom in American English