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car⋅pet⋅bag⋅ger
[kahr-pit-bag-er]
–noun
| 1. | U.S. History. 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. |
| 2. | any 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. |
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Carpetbagger
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) .[U. S.]
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Language Translation for : carpetbagger
Spanish:
oportunista,
German:
der Oportunist, *in,
Japanese:
渡り政治家
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