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Sambo.

A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsæmboʊ/US
  1. A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.

    derogatory
  2. A person of three quarters African descent and one quarter Caucasian descent.

    obsolete · offensive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish zambo.

name/ˈsæmboʊ/US
  1. A nickname from the given name Samuel.

  2. A nickname from the given name Samantha.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.