Carpetbagger derogatory term originally used in the u s.
Carpet bagger defin.
So called because they carried their belongings in carpetbags car pet bag ger y n.
A northerner who went to the south after the civil war for political or financial advantage.
What is the meaning of carpetbagger.
What is the definition of carpetbagger.
During the reconstruction period 1865 77 to denote a northerner who moved to the south.
Carpetbagger definition a northerner who went to the south after the civil war and became active in republican politics especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during reconstruction.
It was applied to politicians and financial adventurers whom southerners accused of coming south to use the newly enfranchised freedmen to obtain office or profit.
What are synonyms for carpetbagger.
How do you use carpetbagger in a sentence.
An outsider especially a politician who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.
The term is now used in the united states to refer to a parachute candidate that is an outsider who runs.