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Uncle Toms

Uncle Toms is the plural of Uncle Tom.

Meaning of Uncle Tom

Noun

Uncle Tom (plural Uncle Toms)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
    • ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were...1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6
    Synonyms:
    coconut, Oreo, coon

Questions about Uncle Toms

What is Uncle Toms the plural of?
Uncle Toms is the plural of Uncle Tom.

Words near Uncle Toms in the dictionary

  1. Uncle Tomish
  2. Uncle Tomism
  3. Uncle Tommery
  4. Uncle Tommish
  5. Uncle Tommism
  6. Uncle Toms
  7. Uncle Whiskers
  8. uncle-in-law
  9. unclean
  10. unclean hands
  11. uncleanable

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