dictionary definitions for "tom"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  Tom
      n 1: contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile
           and deferential to Whites [syn: Tom, Uncle Tom]
      2: male cat [syn: tomcat]
      3: male turkey [syn: turkey cock, gobbler, tom turkey]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tom \Tom\, n.
     The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tom \Tom\, n.
     1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a
        man.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or
        in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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