Uncle Tom
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1 disparaging : a black person who is overeager to win the approval of whites (as by obsequious behavior or uncritical acceptance of white values and goals)
2 disparaging : a person 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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Uncle Tom
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English Language Learners Definition of Uncle Tom
: a black person who is eager to win the approval of white people and willing to cooperate with them
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