Meaning of CARPETBAGGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'kârpit`bagur
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| | Definition: | | [n] an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south" |
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| | See Also: | | opportunist, self-seeker | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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