'Carpetbagger' definitions:

Definition of 'carpetbagger'

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noun
An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

Definition of 'Carpetbagger'

From: GCIDE
  • Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'carpetbagger'

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