Definitions of carpetbagger [ˈkɑr pɪtˌbæg ər]

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Definition of 'carpetbagger'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) carpetbagger
a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the unsettled conditions.

2. carpetbagger
any person, esp. a politician, who takes up residence in a place opportunistically.

Etymology: (1865–70, Amer.)

Definition of 'carpetbagger'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) carpetbagger
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

Definition of 'carpetbagger'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) carpetbagger
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)

Translation of 'carpetbagger'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: politician who moves to a place where he/she sees an opportunity to promote his/her career.
Afrikaans: politieke indringer	Arabic: سِياسيٌّ مُتَنَقِّلٌ لِتَ	Bulgarian: политически кандидат
Brazilian: aventureiro político	Czech: volební kandidát	German: der Oportunist/in
Danish: lykkerider; opportunist	Greek: πολιτικός τυχοδιώκτης	Spanish: oportunista
Estonian: poliitiline seikleja, saa	Farsi: رجاله؛ فرصت طلب	French: opportuniste
Hebrew: מְחָפֵש הִזְדָמנוּת לְרֵו	Hindi: अपने केरियर की खातिर दूसर	Croatian: politički avanturist
Hungarian: politikai kalandor	Indonesian: politisi kutu loncat	Italian: politicante
Japanese: 渡り政治家	Korean: (정치) 전입 후보자	Lithuanian: politikas perėjūnas
Latvian: (ārpus sava vēlēšanu apga	Malay: ahli politik jalanan	Dutch: verkiezingskandidaat van
Norwegian: lykkeridder; opportunist	Polish: kandydat na posła szukają	Persian: رجاله؛ فرصت طلب
Pashto: موقع	Russian: политический авантюрист	Slovak: volebný kandidát, agitáto
Slovenian: politik, ki ni iz kraja,	Serbian: preletač	Swedish: politisk lycksökare
Thai: นักการเมืองที่ย้ายจากพรรค	Turkish: akbaba politikacı	Taiwanese: 外來政客
Ukrainian: політичний діяч, не зв'яз	Urdu: ابن الوقت سیاست دان	Vietnamese: ứng cử viên
Chinese: 外来政客
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