| NOUN | person | carpetbagger | an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously |
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| Sounds | kaa'rpahtbae.ger | |
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| Rhymes | agar ... younger: 63 rhymes with ger... | |
| Meaning | An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously. | |
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| Example | "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south" | |
| Broader | opportunist, self-seeker | A person who places expediency above principle |
| Spanish | carpetbagger | |
| Adjectives | carpetbag | following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers |
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