Meaning of TOM
| Pronunciation: | | tâm, tâm
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- [n] male turkey
- [n] male cat
- [n] contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
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| | Synonyms: | | gobbler, tom turkey, tomcat, turkey cock, Uncle Tom |
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| | See Also: | | Black, black person, blackamoor, comb, domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, gib, house cat, Meleagris gallopavo, Negro, Negroid, turkey | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tom\, n.
1. A familiar contraction of {Thomas}, a proper name of a
man.
2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or
in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
\Tom\, n.
The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
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