Meaning of UNCLE TOM

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe [n]  contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
	Synonyms:		Tom
	See Also:		Black, black person, blackamoor, character, fictional character, fictitious character, Negro, Negroid