Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tom \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tom \Tom\, n.
The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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