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单词 uncle tom
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Uncle Tom


noun Disparaging and Offensive.

a Black person, especially a man, considered by other Black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
a person who exhibits overly deferential behavior.
Compare Aunt Jemima.

Origin of Uncle Tom

An Americanism first recorded in 1920–25; so called after the leading character in Uncle Tom's Cabin

OTHER WORDS FROM Uncle Tom

Uncle Tomish, adjective

Words nearby Uncle Tom

Uncle Charlie, uncle-ji, unclench, Uncle Remus, Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tomism, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Uncle Vanya, uncloak, unclog
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British Dictionary definitions for Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom

noun

informal, derogatory a Black person whose behaviour towards White people is regarded as obsequious and servile

Derived forms of Uncle Tom

Uncle Tomism, noun

Word Origin for Uncle Tom

C20: after the slave who is the main character of H.B. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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