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.]