ALL meanings of carpetbaggers
car·pet·bag·ger
C c - noun carpetbaggers U.S. History. 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. 1
- noun carpetbaggers a politician who takes up residence in a place and runs for office without having strong ties to the area. 1
- noun carpetbaggers any opportunistic or exploitive outsider: Our bus company has served this town for years, but now the new one run by carpetbaggers from the city is stealing our business. 1
- noun carpetbaggers Plural form of carpetbagger. 1
- noun carpetbaggers plural of carpetbagger. 0