English dictionary
carpetbagger
/'k/A/rp/I/t,b/&/g/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
ExamplesAfter the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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).
Source: webster1913