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Carpetbagger meaning
A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence. | One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
Synonyms of Carpetbagger
Example sentences (6)
Over the weekend, the Binghamton golf team returned to action for the first time since October as it competed in the Carpetbagger Classic in Urbana, Maryland.
Similarly, Mary Stuart Masterson was a carpetbagger hogging the limelight.
Meanwhile, Jamal is running for alderman against slimy carpetbagger Jack Mulligan (Colin Farrell), whose father (Robert Duvall) is even slimier.
After the war, flush with carpetbagger cash, they try to buy Tara, but Scarlett refuses the offer.
A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015).
Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawg, and Freedman.