car|pet|bag|ger

car|pet|bag|ger
car|pet|bag|ger «KAHR piht BAG uhr», noun. U.S.
1. a) a Northerner who went to the South to get political or other advantages during the time of disorganization that followed the American Civil War: »

moving in the best circles of carpetbagger society (Margaret Mitchell).

 b) any person who follows a similar course anywhere: »

The first Nationalist governor to take over from the Japanese at war's end had arrived with a retinue of carpetbaggers and incompetents (Time).

 c) Slang. a fraudulent traveling banker, promoter, or the like, of the early West.
2. a traveler who carries a carpetbag.

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