Associations to the word «Carpetbagger»

CARPETBAGGER, noun. (politics) (history) (chiefly US) 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. (pejorative) (by extension) 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.

CARPETBAGGER, noun. An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south".