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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
carpetbagger
 
SYLLABICATION:car·pet·bag·ger
PRONUNCIATION:  kärpt-bgr
NOUN:1. A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage. 2. An outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.
ETYMOLOGY:So called because they carried their belongings in carpetbags.
OTHER FORMS:carpet·bagger·y —NOUN
 
 
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