Uncle Tom /ˌʌŋk
əl ˈtɒm $ -ˈtɑːm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Uncle Tom black slave in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe]
American English a black person who is too respectful to white people – used to show disapproval
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