Uncle Tom Definition

Uncle Tom
noun

offensive:
1. A Black person who behaves subserviently to Whites.
2. Someone who is thought of as betraying or being disloyal to their cultural or social background.

adj

1. Designating or characteristic of such a person.

Derivative: Uncle Tomery
noun

Uncle Tom behaviour. Also written Uncle Tommery and Uncle Tommism.

Etymology: 19c: from the name of the hero of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851‐2).