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Definition Uncle Tom in British English

Uncle Tom noun

noun
/ˌʌŋk(ə)l ˈtɒm/

From the name of the main character in the 19th-century US 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 colored coloured
Definition Uncle Tom in British English