About The Word Carpetbagger
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Carpetbagger
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What's The Definition Of Carpetbagger?
[n] an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Carpetbagger: Related Terms | Find terms related to Carpetbagger: bunco artist | bunco steerer | cardsharp | cardsharper | con artist | con man | confidence man | crimp | horse coper | horse trader | jackleg | land pirate | land shark | land-grabber | mortgage shark | pettifogger | pitchman | shark | sharp | sharper | sharpie | shortchanger | shyster | slicker | spieler See Also | opportunist | self-seeker Carpetbagger In Webster's Dictionary \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)
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