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Carpetbagger - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Carpetbagger : (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"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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)
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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