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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•pet•bag•ger /ˈkɑrpɪtˌbægɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- American Historya Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to exploit the confused conditions:Carpetbaggers got their name from the little bags made of carpet material that they carried their belongings in.
- American Historyany person, esp. a politician, who moves to a new place to live only to advance a political career.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•pet•bag•ger (kär′pit bag′ər),USA pronunciation n. - American History[U.S. Hist.]a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, esp. so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
- American Historyany opportunistic or exploitive outsider:Our bus company has served this town for years, but now the new one run by carpetbaggers from the city is stealing our business.
- 1865–70, American; carpetbag + -er1; so called because they came South carrying their belongings in carpetbags
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