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carpetbagger

Definition of carpetbagger (English)

noun

  1. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
    • after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
    sumber: wordnet30
  2. 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).
    sumber: webster1913