Definition of carpetbagger Carpetbagger

/kɑˈɹpʌtbæˌgɚ/ - [karpubatger] - car•pet•bag•ger

We found 6 definitions of carpetbagger from 5 different sources.

What does carpetbagger mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: carpetbaggers

carpetbagger - an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

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Wiktionary

carpetbagger (Noun)
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; hence, someone intervening in the politics of an area with which they are thought to have no real connection.
carpetbagger (Noun)
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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

carpetbagger (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).