Carpetbagger definition is a northerner in the south after the american civil war usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments.
What is a carpetbagger slang.
Countable noun if you call someone a carpetbagger you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
Carpetbagger in the united states a derogatory term for an individual from the north who relocated to the south during the reconstruction period 1865 77 following the american civil war.
The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
A politician who takes up residence in a place and runs for office without having strong ties to the area.
A northerner who went to the south after the civil war and became active in republican politics especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during reconstruction.