Definition of Uncle Tom
1
:a black who is overeager to win the approval of whites (as by obsequious behavior or uncritical acceptance of white values and goals)
2
:a member of a low-status group who is overly subservient to or cooperative with authority
- the worst floor managers and supervisors by far are women … Some of them are regular Uncle Toms
- —Jane Fonda
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