Defenition of the word carpetbagger

• Defenition of the word carpetbagger

  • A candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence.
  • an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
  • an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously

Hypernyms for the word carpetbagger

• • opportunist
  • self-seeker

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