carpetbaggers
Meaning of carpetbaggers
noun
- (history) An immigrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
- (by extension) 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.
He's just a carpetbagger who was surprised to find that Southerns are not like the cast of “The Dukes of Hazzard” or “Deliverance”.
Information about carpetbaggers
- It is a name.
- The singular form of carpetbaggers is: carpetbagger.
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Hyphenation of carpetbaggers
car-pet-bag-gers
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- carpetbaggers is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with carpetbaggers
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