uncle tom

Noun uncle tom has 2 senses

• uncle tom(n = noun.person) tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites;
is a kind of black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid

• uncle tom(n = noun.person) - a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe;
is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character